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All admonish synonyms

ad·mon·ish
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verb admonish

  • scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
  • chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
  • berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
  • warn — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
  • censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
  • rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
  • reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • advise — If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
  • ding — to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
  • growl — to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility: The dog growled at the mail carrier.
  • notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
  • counsel — Counsel is advice.
  • forewarn — to warn in advance.
  • hoist — to hoist.
  • rap — to carry off; transport.
  • glue — a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
  • reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
  • check — Check is also a noun.
  • tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
  • call down — to request or invoke
  • call on the carpet — (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
  • draw the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • jack up — an increase or rise: a recent jack-up in prices.
  • sit on — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
  • speak to — talk or converse with
  • talk to — speak to, address
  • give a piece of one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • caution — Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
  • reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
  • chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
  • cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
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