ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAadmonish
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admonish
Meaning: to gently but firmly warn or scold someone
admonish in a sentence
How admonish is used in real sentences:
The librarian admonished the students for talking too loudly.
Her mother admonished her for leaving the front door unlocked overnight.
“After quietly admonishing one colleague for removing uncertainty bars, she restored them and proposed an interactive comparison of trees from wet and dry slopes.”
— from the passage The Archive in Wood
Synonyms for admonish
Other words for admonish — reprimand, chide and caution — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of admonish
Words that mean the opposite of admonish:
- praise
- commend
Where it comes from
From Latin admonere 'to warn, remind'
Memory hook
AD-MON-ish — an ADMON (admiral-like) figure scolds you for breaking the rules.