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Answer for the clue "Relish not working — severe scolding results ", 13 letters:
dressing-down

Word definitions for dressing-down in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Pippin was given a public dressing-down , and ordered to precede his father to Francia. ▪ The dressing-down comes as a 60 percent rise in complaints against banks was revealed yesterday.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context idiomatic English) A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing. n. (context idiomatic English) A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.

Usage examples of dressing-down.

He gave the amazed Reinecke a blistering dressing-down and ordered him to parade each shift an hour before their work commenced.

The British air attache, whomhe had known in Berlin, finally took him in hand and pointed out the building where Yevlenko had not long ago given him a red-hot dressing-down, over the diversion of forty Lend-Lease Aircobra fighters to the British forces in the North African landings.