Search Result for "blowing up":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a severe rebuke;
- Example: "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
[syn: berating, blowing up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blowing up
    n 1: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach
         gave him" [syn: berating, blowing up]