admonished

Meaning of admonished

verb, past tense
  1. warn or reprimand someone firmly.
    she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven

Middle English amonest ‘urge, exhort’, from Old French amonester, based on Latin admonere ‘urge by warning’. Later, the final -t of amonest was taken to indicate the past tense, and the present tense changed on the pattern of verbs such as abolish ; the prefix became ad- in the 16th century by association with the Latin form.

Information about admonished

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of admonished

ad-mon-ished

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • admonished is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

admonished synonyms

Meaning chastened:

chastened, rebuked, reprimanded, reproved

Meaning address a reprimand to:

reprimand

Meaning express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions:

rebuke

Meaning remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily:

scold

Meaning reprimand (someone):

reprove

Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:

upbraid

Meaning rebuke or reprimand severely:

chastise

Meaning scold or rebuke:

chide

Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:

censure

Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:

castigate, bollock

Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:

lambast

Meaning scold or criticize (someone) angrily:

berate

Meaning accuse someone of:

reproach

Meaning talk seriously or reprovingly to (someone):

lecture

Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:

criticize

Meaning reprimand severely:

carpet

Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:

monster

Meaning make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts:

trim

Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:

rate

Meaning reprimand:

reprehend

Meaning rebuke severely; scold:

objurgate

admonished antonyms

Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:

praise

Words that rhyme with admonished

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