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Definition of objurgate in English: objurgateverb ˈɒbdʒəɡeɪtˈäbjərˌɡāt [with object]rare Rebuke severely; scold. the old man objurgated his son Example sentencesExamples - In ‘The high cost of low prices’, you objurgate the chain store for its business practices.
- ‘I objurgate the centipede,/ A bug we do not really need,’ writes Ogden Nash.
- And I will objurgate and distance myself from any of my fellow countrymen and women who do so
- But I highly objurgate (word of the day calendars are wonderful things) his stealing my boyfriend's song.
- In addition, he anticipated the modern poets in objurgating the custom of garnishing poems with archaisms.
Synonyms criticize, censure, condemn, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin objurgat- 'chided, rebuked', from the verb objurgare, based on jurgium 'strife'. Definition of objurgate in US English: objurgateverbˈäbjərˌɡāt [with object]rare Rebuke severely; scold. the old man objurgated his son Example sentencesExamples - And I will objurgate and distance myself from any of my fellow countrymen and women who do so
- In addition, he anticipated the modern poets in objurgating the custom of garnishing poems with archaisms.
- But I highly objurgate (word of the day calendars are wonderful things) his stealing my boyfriend's song.
- In ‘The high cost of low prices’, you objurgate the chain store for its business practices.
- ‘I objurgate the centipede,/ A bug we do not really need,’ writes Ogden Nash.
Synonyms criticize, censure, condemn, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin objurgat- ‘chided, rebuked’, from the verb objurgare, based on jurgium ‘strife’. |