单词 | admonish |
释义 | admonish[ ad-mon-ish ] / ædˈmɒn ɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR admonish ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object)to caution, advise, or counsel against something. to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner: The teacher admonished him about excessive noise. to urge to a duty; remind: to admonish them about their obligations. Origin of admonish1275–1325; late Middle English admonish, amonesche, admonesse, amoness,Middle English a(d)monest (with -t later taken as past participle suffix) <Anglo-French, Old French amonester<Vulgar Latin *admonestāre, apparently derivative of Latin admonēre to remind, give advice to (source of -est- uncertain), equivalent to ad-ad- + monēre to remind, warn SYNONYMS FOR admonish2 rebuke, censure, upbraid. SEE SYNONYMS FOR admonish ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for admonish1. See warn. 2. See reprimand. OTHER WORDS FROM admonishWords nearby admonishadmittance, admittedly, admittee, admix, admixture, admonish, admonition, admonitor, admonitory, admov., ADN Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for admonishBritish Dictionary definitions for admonishadmonish / (ədˈmɒnɪʃ) / verb (tr)to reprove firmly but not harshly to advise to do or against doing something; warn; caution Derived forms of admonishadmonisher or admonitor, nounadmonition (ˌædməˈnɪʃən), nounadmonitory, adjectiveWord Origin for admonishC14: via Old French from Vulgar Latin admonestāre (unattested), from Latin admonēre to put one in mind of, from monēre to advise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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