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admonish
ad·mon·ish A0094200 (ăd-mŏn′ĭsh)tr.v. ad·mon·ished, ad·mon·ish·ing, ad·mon·ish·es 1. a. To counsel (another) against something to be avoided or warn (that something is dangerous): "[Another competitor in the race] admonished him on the dangers of going out too fast" (Neal Bascomb)."Magazine articles ... admonished that women's financial independence was driving a wedge between husband and wife" (Lillian Faderman).b. To urge or exhort (someone to do something): "Writers like Emerson and Thoreau ... admonished us to develop ourselves according to nature" (E.D. Hirsch).c. To remind (someone) of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility.2. To reprove gently but earnestly: "Lincoln pursued his interests in defiance of established norms. Far from being praised, he was consistently admonished" (Joshua Wolf Shenk). [Middle English amonishen, admonishen, alteration of amonesten, from Old French amonester, admonester, from Vulgar Latin *admonestāre, from Latin admonēre : ad-, ad- + monēre, to warn; see men- in Indo-European roots.] ad·mon′ish·er n.ad·mon′ish·ing·ly adv.ad·mon′ish·ment n.Synonyms: admonish, reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reproach These verbs mean to correct or caution critically. Admonish implies the giving of advice or a warning in order to rectify or avoid something: "A gallows erected on an eminence admonished the offenders of the fate that awaited them" (William Hickling Prescott). Reprove usually suggests a measured disapproval ranging from mild to emphatic: With a stern look, the teacher reproved the child for whispering in class. Rebuke and reprimand both refer to sharp, often angry criticism from a higher authority: "Some of the most heated criticism ... has come from the Justice Department, which rarely rebukes other agencies in public" (Howard Kurtz)."A [university] committee ... asked its president to reprimand a scientist who tested gene-altered bacteria on trees" (New York Times). Reproach refers to criticism, sometimes from oneself, arising from a sense of personal disappointment or moral disapproval: "He bitterly regretted his foolishness, and reproached himself for weakness of will" (J.R.R. Tolkien)."She never reproached him for his bullying manners at parties" (Louis Auchincloss).admonish (ədˈmɒnɪʃ) vb (tr) 1. to reprove firmly but not harshly2. to advise to do or against doing something; warn; caution[C14: via Old French from Vulgar Latin admonestāre (unattested), from Latin admonēre to put one in mind of, from monēre to advise] adˈmonisher, adˈmonitor n admonition n adˈmonitory adjad•mon•ish (ædˈmɒn ɪʃ) v.t. 1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something. 2. to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner. 3. to urge to a duty or remind of an obligation. [1275–1325; < Anglo-French, Old French amonester < Vulgar Latin *admonestāre, appar. derivative of Latin admonēre to remind, give advice to =ad- ad- + monēre to warn] ad•mon′ish•er, n. ad•mon′ish•ing•ly, adv. ad•mon′ish•ment, n. syn: See warn. See also reprimand. admonish Past participle: admonished Gerund: admonishing
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admonish | admonish |
Present |
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I admonish | you admonish | he/she/it admonishes | we admonish | you admonish | they admonish |
Preterite |
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I admonished | you admonished | he/she/it admonished | we admonished | you admonished | they admonished |
Present Continuous |
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I am admonishing | you are admonishing | he/she/it is admonishing | we are admonishing | you are admonishing | they are admonishing |
Present Perfect |
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I have admonished | you have admonished | he/she/it has admonished | we have admonished | you have admonished | they have admonished |
Past Continuous |
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I was admonishing | you were admonishing | he/she/it was admonishing | we were admonishing | you were admonishing | they were admonishing |
Past Perfect |
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I had admonished | you had admonished | he/she/it had admonished | we had admonished | you had admonished | they had admonished |
Future |
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I will admonish | you will admonish | he/she/it will admonish | we will admonish | you will admonish | they will admonish |
Future Perfect |
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I will have admonished | you will have admonished | he/she/it will have admonished | we will have admonished | you will have admonished | they will have admonished |
Future Continuous |
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I will be admonishing | you will be admonishing | he/she/it will be admonishing | we will be admonishing | you will be admonishing | they will be admonishing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been admonishing | you have been admonishing | he/she/it has been admonishing | we have been admonishing | you have been admonishing | they have been admonishing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been admonishing | you will have been admonishing | he/she/it will have been admonishing | we will have been admonishing | you will have been admonishing | they will have been admonishing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been admonishing | you had been admonishing | he/she/it had been admonishing | we had been admonishing | you had been admonishing | they had been admonishing |
Conditional |
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I would admonish | you would admonish | he/she/it would admonish | we would admonish | you would admonish | they would admonish |
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I would have admonished | you would have admonished | he/she/it would have admonished | we would have admonished | you would have admonished | they would have admonished | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | admonish - admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"monish, warn, discouragewarn - notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"advise, counsel, rede - give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" | | 2. | admonish - warn strongly; put on guard caution, monishwarn - notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking" | | 3. | admonish - take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"reprovecriticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
admonishverb1. reprimand, caution, censure, rebuke, scold, berate, check, chide, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), reprove, upbraid, read the riot act to someone, carpet (informal), chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal), tear someone off a strip (Brit. informal), give someone a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal), slap someone on the wrist, rap someone over the knuckles They admonished me for taking risks with my health. reprimand praise, applaud, compliment, congratulate, commend, big up (slang, chiefly Caribbean)2. advise, suggest, warn, urge, recommend, counsel, caution, prescribe, exhort, enjoin, forewarn Your doctor may one day admonish you to improve your posture.admonishverb1. To criticize for a fault or an offense:call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid.Informal: bawl out, lambaste.Slang: chew out.Idioms: bring to task, call on the carpet, haul over the coals, let someone have it.2. To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk:alarm, alert, caution, forewarn, warn.Translationsadmonish (ədˈmoniʃ) verb to scold or rebuke. The judge admonished the young man for fighting in the street. 訓誡 训诫ˌadmoˈnition (ӕd-) noun 訓誡 训诫admonish
admonish (one) for (something)To reprimand one for a wrongdoing. Katherine admonished Theresa for arriving late to work.See also: admonishadmonish someone for somethingto warn or scold someone mildly for doing something. The nurse admonished the patient for not eating her dinner.See also: admonishLegalSeeAdmonitionadmonish
Synonyms for admonishverb reprimandSynonyms- reprimand
- caution
- censure
- rebuke
- scold
- berate
- check
- chide
- tear into
- tell off
- reprove
- upbraid
- read the riot act to someone
- carpet
- chew out
- tear someone off a strip
- give someone a rocket
- slap someone on the wrist
- rap someone over the knuckles
Antonyms- praise
- applaud
- compliment
- congratulate
- commend
- big up
verb adviseSynonyms- advise
- suggest
- warn
- urge
- recommend
- counsel
- caution
- prescribe
- exhort
- enjoin
- forewarn
Synonyms for admonishverb to criticize for a fault or an offenseSynonyms- call down
- castigate
- chastise
- chide
- dress down
- rap
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- scold
- tax
- upbraid
- bawl out
- lambaste
- chew out
verb to notify (someone) of imminent danger or riskSynonyms- alarm
- alert
- caution
- forewarn
- warn
Synonyms for admonishverb admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behaviorSynonymsRelated Wordsverb warn stronglySynonymsRelated Wordsverb take to taskSynonymsRelated Words- criticise
- criticize
- pick apart
- knock
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