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admonish

[ad-mon-ish]

verb (used with object)

  1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something.

  2. to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner.

    The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. to urge to a duty; remind.

    to admonish them about their obligations.



admonish

/ ˌædməˈnɪʃən, ədˈmɒnɪʃ /

verb

  1. to reprove firmly but not harshly

  2. to advise to do or against doing something; warn; caution

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • admonisher noun
  • admonishingly adverb
  • admonishment noun
  • preadmonish verb (used with object)
  • admonition noun
  • ˈDzԾٴǰ adjective
  • ˈDzԾ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of admonish1

First recorded in 1275–1325; late Middle English admonish, amonesche, admonesse, amoness, Middle English a(d)monest (with -t later taken as past participle suffix), from Anglo-French, Old French amonester, from Vulgar Latin 峾DzԱ (unrecorded), apparently derivative of Latin 峾Dzŧ “to remind, give advice to” (source of -est- is uncertain), equivalent to ad- ad- ( def. ) + Dzŧ “to remind, warn”; monitor ( def. )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of admonish1

C14: via Old French from Vulgar Latin 峾DzԱ (unattested), from Latin 峾Dzŧ to put one in mind of, from Dzŧ to advise
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Synonym Study

See warn. See reprimand.
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That is why judges have frequently admonished Trump attorneys that statements to the press are not evidence.

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Look closely, and “Smile now, cry later” is etched into the clear glass below a suspended bandanna, a gently admonishing song lyric by Sunny and the Sunliners, the 1960s Chicano R&B group.

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"Don't ever say what you said," he admonished reporters.

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He’d later gently admonish a request for the Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs,” explaining that there was no way he could play it without a viola.

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“Just cuz your momma baked you don’t mean other men don’t wanna see the oven,” he says as he admonishes the sons when they protest his behavior.

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