Definition of admonish in English:

admonish

verb ədˈmɒnɪʃədˈmɑnɪʃ

[with object]

1Reprimand firmly.
she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven
Example sentencesExamples
- When there were no more bottles to be thrown, laughter echoed on West 107th Street, along with the sounds of dog owners admonishing their pets to be quiet and get back to sleep.
- The committee's findings - a report admonishing his conduct - nonetheless spared him a lengthy investigation by the ethics panel.
- Here's a video clip from MoveOn that shows him admonishing some TV show hosts.
- Try admonishing a cat and it just purrs, looks cute and goes to sleep, confident in the knowledge that it has won your heart, again.
- Shortly after this incident,… his accusers noticed that he posted a memo on the law school's Web site admonishing them in what seemed to be an act of spite.
- When Stephen King won the National Book Award he used the opportunity to admonish critics for not reading more John Grisham.
- In an editorial statement in ‘Asian Voice’ Mr Patel admonishes Mr Livingstone for ignoring non-English language media in the publishing section.
- He publicly criticised the Government's non-performance, and admonished the police and the judiciary for their inability to produce significant results in the war on crime and corruption.
- He admonished them for stealing and told them it was a great sin to steal apples from his orchard.
- Now a television pundit, the player was admonished by his team manager, after he had criticised his team-mates.
- Violence is an increasing problem in schools; one victim was headbutted after admonishing a pupil and needed stitches.
- CNN recently showed a chaplain admonishing the people assembled before him: Pray not only for yourself, he told them, but for your enemies as well.
- It is important that you don't chastise or admonish yourself for your feelings.
- During the city council's final session, council members criticized the current state of the Bali Hai pier and admonished the bureaucracy for their lack of care for the venue.
- When they reached the Squad's room, they all turned to either glare at or admonish Vi.
Synonyms
reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the Riot Act to, give a piece of one's mind to, haul over the coals
informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, bawl out, pitch into, lay into, lace into, blow up, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, rap over the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, send someone away with a flea in their ear, let someone have it, give someone hell
British informal tick off, have a go at, carpet, tear someone off a strip, monster, give someone a mouthful, give someone what for, give someone some stick, give someone a wigging
North American informal chew out, ream out
British vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking
dated trim, rate, give someone a rating
rare reprehend, objurgate
1. 1.1with object and infinitive Advise or urge (someone) earnestly.
  she admonished him to drink no more than one glass of wine
  Example sentencesExamples
  The girl pushed them away, and Gwen admonished her to eat.
  They thrust them on me, admonishing me to be sure to boil them well before eating, as they were rock hard.
  Then there's the cut-out-and-keep card for your wallet, admonishing us all to be alert but not alarmed.
  And those who are admonishing us to harden up, toughen up, I think we need to listen to that.
  He claims to be a compassionate, caring man, often admonishing people to ‘love your neighbor like you would love to be loved yourself.’
  Citing biblical references, the letter admonishes women to remember that ‘your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you‘.
  Indeed, the Supreme Court has admonished us to leave such matters to Congress.
  But doctors are admonished to prescribe this pain reliever only with the utmost caution for a patient with limited kidney function.
  St. Paul admonishes us: ‘Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.’
  People walked and chatted with each other while occasionally admonishing their kids to stay close.
  Alan Hansen would recall that, despite having won the European Cup, the taciturn Paisley still admonished his men ‘it's winning the league that's important’.
  It stresses throughout the narrow line separating righteousness from self-righteousness, and admonishes believers to be humble in the knowledge that no person nor even any creed can claim to have the full truth.
  And Lloyd Best in rebuttal admonished us never to be ‘cautious’ about criticising leadership.
  Mallman admonishes the musicians: ‘You got to keep going.’
  ‘Keep in touch,’ old Mataji admonishes me, at odd hours of the day and night.
  You know, there's so much air time spent in this city on admonishing people to get out of their cars and take transit, cycle or walk.
  Sports writers have filled countless lines of copy answering questions like these by admonishing the team to work harder.
  That is why the Bible admonishes us in 1 John 2: 15, 17 to love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man loves the world, the love of the father is not in him.
  From government-supported advice guides to the problem pages of women's magazines, our culture persistently admonishes us to leave romance to the novels, and to ‘be realistic’ in our dealings with our chosen life partner.
  In addition, clients are admonished to drink at least two quarts of water each day to help cleanse the body of toxins associated with weight loss and exercise.
  Synonyms
  advise, recommend, urge, caution, warn, counsel, exhort, implore, beseech, entreat, encourage, bid, enjoin, adjure, push, pressure
2. 1.2archaic Warn (someone) of something to be avoided.
  he admonished the people against the evil of such practices
  Example sentencesExamples
  We are admonished to avoid speaking ill of the dead, so we'll leave Derrida with this wonderful little story by Michael Martone, a leading figure in the Johns Hopkins creative writing program during the 1960s.
  Each of the moral rules admonishes us to avoid causing a harm…

Derivatives

admonishment

noun ədˈmɒnɪʃməntədˈmɑnɪʃmənt

Do you sir, agree with this punishment which would involve the admonishment of a member of your own party?
Example sentencesExamples
- The traditional critical admonishment to distinguish between a writer and his or her work is discarded.
- His admonishments were drowned by the buzzer of my alarm clock.
- So we were taken aback the other day when an email we had sent to a York PR firm bounced back, accompanied by a strict admonishment.
- However, enforcement of the dress code regulations has been uneven and, when it occurred, generally consisted of verbal admonishment by security forces.

Origin

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.

monitor from early 16th century:
Today's familiar uses of monitor, for a computer or TV screen or for checking the progress or quality of something, date only from the mid 20th century. A much earlier sense was ‘a reminder or warning’, reflecting its origin in Latin monere ‘to warn’, the source also of admonish (Middle English), monster (Late Middle English), and monument (Middle English). A monitor lizard is a large tropical lizard, in Australia also called a goanna (a L19th corruption of iguana), whose name derives from the way its reactions can warn people of the presence of a venomous creature. In schools from the 16th century a monitor was a pupil with responsibility for supervising and disciplining other pupils, who in the past might have done some teaching.

Rhymes

astonish, donnish

Definition of admonish in US English:

admonish

verbədˈmäniSHədˈmɑnɪʃ

[with object]

1Warn or reprimand someone firmly.
she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven
“You mustn't say that, Shiona,” Ruth admonished her
Example sentencesExamples
- The committee's findings - a report admonishing his conduct - nonetheless spared him a lengthy investigation by the ethics panel.
- He admonished them for stealing and told them it was a great sin to steal apples from his orchard.
- Here's a video clip from MoveOn that shows him admonishing some TV show hosts.
- When Stephen King won the National Book Award he used the opportunity to admonish critics for not reading more John Grisham.
- In an editorial statement in ‘Asian Voice’ Mr Patel admonishes Mr Livingstone for ignoring non-English language media in the publishing section.
- He publicly criticised the Government's non-performance, and admonished the police and the judiciary for their inability to produce significant results in the war on crime and corruption.
- During the city council's final session, council members criticized the current state of the Bali Hai pier and admonished the bureaucracy for their lack of care for the venue.
- It is important that you don't chastise or admonish yourself for your feelings.
- Now a television pundit, the player was admonished by his team manager, after he had criticised his team-mates.
- CNN recently showed a chaplain admonishing the people assembled before him: Pray not only for yourself, he told them, but for your enemies as well.
- Shortly after this incident,… his accusers noticed that he posted a memo on the law school's Web site admonishing them in what seemed to be an act of spite.
- When there were no more bottles to be thrown, laughter echoed on West 107th Street, along with the sounds of dog owners admonishing their pets to be quiet and get back to sleep.
- Violence is an increasing problem in schools; one victim was headbutted after admonishing a pupil and needed stitches.
- When they reached the Squad's room, they all turned to either glare at or admonish Vi.
- Try admonishing a cat and it just purrs, looks cute and goes to sleep, confident in the knowledge that it has won your heart, again.
Synonyms
reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the riot act to, give a piece of one's mind to, haul over the coals
1. 1.1with object and infinitive Advise or urge (someone) earnestly.
  she admonished him to drink no more than one glass of wine
  Example sentencesExamples
  You know, there's so much air time spent in this city on admonishing people to get out of their cars and take transit, cycle or walk.
  The girl pushed them away, and Gwen admonished her to eat.
  Then there's the cut-out-and-keep card for your wallet, admonishing us all to be alert but not alarmed.
  Mallman admonishes the musicians: ‘You got to keep going.’
  People walked and chatted with each other while occasionally admonishing their kids to stay close.
  Alan Hansen would recall that, despite having won the European Cup, the taciturn Paisley still admonished his men ‘it's winning the league that's important’.
  He claims to be a compassionate, caring man, often admonishing people to ‘love your neighbor like you would love to be loved yourself.’
  ‘Keep in touch,’ old Mataji admonishes me, at odd hours of the day and night.
  From government-supported advice guides to the problem pages of women's magazines, our culture persistently admonishes us to leave romance to the novels, and to ‘be realistic’ in our dealings with our chosen life partner.
  That is why the Bible admonishes us in 1 John 2: 15, 17 to love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man loves the world, the love of the father is not in him.
  St. Paul admonishes us: ‘Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.’
  Citing biblical references, the letter admonishes women to remember that ‘your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you‘.
  They thrust them on me, admonishing me to be sure to boil them well before eating, as they were rock hard.
  And Lloyd Best in rebuttal admonished us never to be ‘cautious’ about criticising leadership.
  Indeed, the Supreme Court has admonished us to leave such matters to Congress.
  Sports writers have filled countless lines of copy answering questions like these by admonishing the team to work harder.
  And those who are admonishing us to harden up, toughen up, I think we need to listen to that.
  It stresses throughout the narrow line separating righteousness from self-righteousness, and admonishes believers to be humble in the knowledge that no person nor even any creed can claim to have the full truth.
  But doctors are admonished to prescribe this pain reliever only with the utmost caution for a patient with limited kidney function.
  In addition, clients are admonished to drink at least two quarts of water each day to help cleanse the body of toxins associated with weight loss and exercise.
  Synonyms
  advise, recommend, urge, caution, warn, counsel, exhort, implore, beseech, entreat, encourage, bid, enjoin, adjure, push, pressure
2. 1.2archaic Warn (someone) of something to be avoided.
  he admonished the people against the evil of such practices
  Example sentencesExamples
  Each of the moral rules admonishes us to avoid causing a harm…
  We are admonished to avoid speaking ill of the dead, so we'll leave Derrida with this wonderful little story by Michael Martone, a leading figure in the Johns Hopkins creative writing program during the 1960s.

Origin

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.

单词	admonish
释义	Definition of admonish in English: admonish verb ədˈmɒnɪʃədˈmɑnɪʃ [with object] 1Reprimand firmly. she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven Example sentencesExamples When there were no more bottles to be thrown, laughter echoed on West 107th Street, along with the sounds of dog owners admonishing their pets to be quiet and get back to sleep. The committee's findings - a report admonishing his conduct - nonetheless spared him a lengthy investigation by the ethics panel. Here's a video clip from MoveOn that shows him admonishing some TV show hosts. Try admonishing a cat and it just purrs, looks cute and goes to sleep, confident in the knowledge that it has won your heart, again. Shortly after this incident,… his accusers noticed that he posted a memo on the law school's Web site admonishing them in what seemed to be an act of spite. When Stephen King won the National Book Award he used the opportunity to admonish critics for not reading more John Grisham. In an editorial statement in ‘Asian Voice’ Mr Patel admonishes Mr Livingstone for ignoring non-English language media in the publishing section. He publicly criticised the Government's non-performance, and admonished the police and the judiciary for their inability to produce significant results in the war on crime and corruption. He admonished them for stealing and told them it was a great sin to steal apples from his orchard. Now a television pundit, the player was admonished by his team manager, after he had criticised his team-mates. Violence is an increasing problem in schools; one victim was headbutted after admonishing a pupil and needed stitches. CNN recently showed a chaplain admonishing the people assembled before him: Pray not only for yourself, he told them, but for your enemies as well. It is important that you don't chastise or admonish yourself for your feelings. During the city council's final session, council members criticized the current state of the Bali Hai pier and admonished the bureaucracy for their lack of care for the venue. When they reached the Squad's room, they all turned to either glare at or admonish Vi. Synonyms reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the Riot Act to, give a piece of one's mind to, haul over the coals informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, bawl out, pitch into, lay into, lace into, blow up, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, rap over the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, send someone away with a flea in their ear, let someone have it, give someone hell British informal tick off, have a go at, carpet, tear someone off a strip, monster, give someone a mouthful, give someone what for, give someone some stick, give someone a wigging North American informal chew out, ream out British vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking dated trim, rate, give someone a rating rare reprehend, objurgate 1.1with object and infinitive Advise or urge (someone) earnestly. she admonished him to drink no more than one glass of wine Example sentencesExamples The girl pushed them away, and Gwen admonished her to eat. They thrust them on me, admonishing me to be sure to boil them well before eating, as they were rock hard. Then there's the cut-out-and-keep card for your wallet, admonishing us all to be alert but not alarmed. And those who are admonishing us to harden up, toughen up, I think we need to listen to that. He claims to be a compassionate, caring man, often admonishing people to ‘love your neighbor like you would love to be loved yourself.’ Citing biblical references, the letter admonishes women to remember that ‘your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you‘. Indeed, the Supreme Court has admonished us to leave such matters to Congress. But doctors are admonished to prescribe this pain reliever only with the utmost caution for a patient with limited kidney function. St. Paul admonishes us: ‘Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.’ People walked and chatted with each other while occasionally admonishing their kids to stay close. Alan Hansen would recall that, despite having won the European Cup, the taciturn Paisley still admonished his men ‘it's winning the league that's important’. It stresses throughout the narrow line separating righteousness from self-righteousness, and admonishes believers to be humble in the knowledge that no person nor even any creed can claim to have the full truth. And Lloyd Best in rebuttal admonished us never to be ‘cautious’ about criticising leadership. Mallman admonishes the musicians: ‘You got to keep going.’ ‘Keep in touch,’ old Mataji admonishes me, at odd hours of the day and night. You know, there's so much air time spent in this city on admonishing people to get out of their cars and take transit, cycle or walk. Sports writers have filled countless lines of copy answering questions like these by admonishing the team to work harder. That is why the Bible admonishes us in 1 John 2: 15, 17 to love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man loves the world, the love of the father is not in him. From government-supported advice guides to the problem pages of women's magazines, our culture persistently admonishes us to leave romance to the novels, and to ‘be realistic’ in our dealings with our chosen life partner. In addition, clients are admonished to drink at least two quarts of water each day to help cleanse the body of toxins associated with weight loss and exercise. Synonyms advise, recommend, urge, caution, warn, counsel, exhort, implore, beseech, entreat, encourage, bid, enjoin, adjure, push, pressure 1.2archaic Warn (someone) of something to be avoided. he admonished the people against the evil of such practices Example sentencesExamples We are admonished to avoid speaking ill of the dead, so we'll leave Derrida with this wonderful little story by Michael Martone, a leading figure in the Johns Hopkins creative writing program during the 1960s. Each of the moral rules admonishes us to avoid causing a harm… Derivatives admonishment noun ədˈmɒnɪʃməntədˈmɑnɪʃmənt Do you sir, agree with this punishment which would involve the admonishment of a member of your own party? Example sentencesExamples The traditional critical admonishment to distinguish between a writer and his or her work is discarded. His admonishments were drowned by the buzzer of my alarm clock. So we were taken aback the other day when an email we had sent to a York PR firm bounced back, accompanied by a strict admonishment. However, enforcement of the dress code regulations has been uneven and, when it occurred, generally consisted of verbal admonishment by security forces. Origin 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. monitor from early 16th century: Today's familiar uses of monitor, for a computer or TV screen or for checking the progress or quality of something, date only from the mid 20th century. A much earlier sense was ‘a reminder or warning’, reflecting its origin in Latin monere ‘to warn’, the source also of admonish (Middle English), monster (Late Middle English), and monument (Middle English). A monitor lizard is a large tropical lizard, in Australia also called a goanna (a L19th corruption of iguana), whose name derives from the way its reactions can warn people of the presence of a venomous creature. In schools from the 16th century a monitor was a pupil with responsibility for supervising and disciplining other pupils, who in the past might have done some teaching. Rhymes astonish, donnish Definition of admonish in US English: admonish verbədˈmäniSHədˈmɑnɪʃ [with object] 1Warn or reprimand someone firmly. she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven “You mustn't say that, Shiona,” Ruth admonished her Example sentencesExamples The committee's findings - a report admonishing his conduct - nonetheless spared him a lengthy investigation by the ethics panel. He admonished them for stealing and told them it was a great sin to steal apples from his orchard. Here's a video clip from MoveOn that shows him admonishing some TV show hosts. When Stephen King won the National Book Award he used the opportunity to admonish critics for not reading more John Grisham. In an editorial statement in ‘Asian Voice’ Mr Patel admonishes Mr Livingstone for ignoring non-English language media in the publishing section. He publicly criticised the Government's non-performance, and admonished the police and the judiciary for their inability to produce significant results in the war on crime and corruption. During the city council's final session, council members criticized the current state of the Bali Hai pier and admonished the bureaucracy for their lack of care for the venue. It is important that you don't chastise or admonish yourself for your feelings. Now a television pundit, the player was admonished by his team manager, after he had criticised his team-mates. CNN recently showed a chaplain admonishing the people assembled before him: Pray not only for yourself, he told them, but for your enemies as well. Shortly after this incident,… his accusers noticed that he posted a memo on the law school's Web site admonishing them in what seemed to be an act of spite. When there were no more bottles to be thrown, laughter echoed on West 107th Street, along with the sounds of dog owners admonishing their pets to be quiet and get back to sleep. Violence is an increasing problem in schools; one victim was headbutted after admonishing a pupil and needed stitches. When they reached the Squad's room, they all turned to either glare at or admonish Vi. Try admonishing a cat and it just purrs, looks cute and goes to sleep, confident in the knowledge that it has won your heart, again. Synonyms reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the riot act to, give a piece of one's mind to, haul over the coals 1.1with object and infinitive Advise or urge (someone) earnestly. she admonished him to drink no more than one glass of wine Example sentencesExamples You know, there's so much air time spent in this city on admonishing people to get out of their cars and take transit, cycle or walk. The girl pushed them away, and Gwen admonished her to eat. Then there's the cut-out-and-keep card for your wallet, admonishing us all to be alert but not alarmed. Mallman admonishes the musicians: ‘You got to keep going.’ People walked and chatted with each other while occasionally admonishing their kids to stay close. Alan Hansen would recall that, despite having won the European Cup, the taciturn Paisley still admonished his men ‘it's winning the league that's important’. He claims to be a compassionate, caring man, often admonishing people to ‘love your neighbor like you would love to be loved yourself.’ ‘Keep in touch,’ old Mataji admonishes me, at odd hours of the day and night. From government-supported advice guides to the problem pages of women's magazines, our culture persistently admonishes us to leave romance to the novels, and to ‘be realistic’ in our dealings with our chosen life partner. That is why the Bible admonishes us in 1 John 2: 15, 17 to love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man loves the world, the love of the father is not in him. St. Paul admonishes us: ‘Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.’ Citing biblical references, the letter admonishes women to remember that ‘your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you‘. They thrust them on me, admonishing me to be sure to boil them well before eating, as they were rock hard. And Lloyd Best in rebuttal admonished us never to be ‘cautious’ about criticising leadership. Indeed, the Supreme Court has admonished us to leave such matters to Congress. Sports writers have filled countless lines of copy answering questions like these by admonishing the team to work harder. And those who are admonishing us to harden up, toughen up, I think we need to listen to that. It stresses throughout the narrow line separating righteousness from self-righteousness, and admonishes believers to be humble in the knowledge that no person nor even any creed can claim to have the full truth. But doctors are admonished to prescribe this pain reliever only with the utmost caution for a patient with limited kidney function. In addition, clients are admonished to drink at least two quarts of water each day to help cleanse the body of toxins associated with weight loss and exercise. Synonyms advise, recommend, urge, caution, warn, counsel, exhort, implore, beseech, entreat, encourage, bid, enjoin, adjure, push, pressure 1.2archaic Warn (someone) of something to be avoided. he admonished the people against the evil of such practices Example sentencesExamples Each of the moral rules admonishes us to avoid causing a harm… We are admonished to avoid speaking ill of the dead, so we'll leave Derrida with this wonderful little story by Michael Martone, a leading figure in the Johns Hopkins creative writing program during the 1960s. Origin 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.
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