| 单词 | objurgate |
| 释义 | objurgate (once / 15676 pages) v How dare you! To objurgate is to scold or reprimand. Don’t objurgate yourself, or beat yourself up if you didn’t know it — it’s an old word that people don’t use much anymore. To scold — or to express your disgust and condemnation of — is to objurgate, although this useful word has become quite rare. You're more likely to hear someone use words like castigate or reprimand these days. Objurgate comes directly from the Latin obiurgare, "to chide or rebuke." WORD FAMILYobjurgate: objurgated, objurgates, objurgating, objurgation+/objurgation: objurgations USAGE EXAMPLESIf you step on one after nightfall, it will be useless to objurgate. Bartlett, William Chauncey, A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed.(2012) Let his fellows grumble and objurgate, said he; they would cringe to him when he became a dragoman, with his pockets stuffed with piastres. Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), A Book of Ghosts(2011) Felipe, accompanying each outburst with a mighty swing of his whip, swore and pleaded and objurgated and threatened in turn. Horton, Marcus, Bred of the Desert—A Horse and a Ro...(2010) 1v censure severely Syn|Hypo|Hyper castigate, chasten, chastise, correct flame criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce censure severely or angrily 2v express strong disapproval of Syn|Hyper condemn, decry, excoriate, reprobate denounce speak out against |
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