admonish
verb
[ ədˈmɒnɪʃ ]
• warn or reprimand someone firmly.
• "she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven"
Similar:
reprimand,
rebuke,
scold,
reprove,
upbraid,
chastise,
chide,
censure,
castigate,
lambast,
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,
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,
let someone have it,
give someone hell,
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,
chew out,
ream out,
trim,
rate,
give someone a rating,
reprehend,
objurgate,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
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.
