|  earful 
 
 1. an outpouring of gossip
 • Hypernyms:
 gossip, comment, scuttlebutt
 2. a severe scolding
 • Syn:
 castigation, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down
 • Derivationally related forms:
 upbraid (for: upbraiding), castigate (for: castigation)
 • Hypernyms:
 rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
 
 
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