Tuesday word: Admonish

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Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2025

Admonish (verb)
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.
3. to urge to a duty; remind: to admonish them about their obligations.

Other Words From
ad·mon·ish·er noun
ad·mon·ish·ing·ly adverb
ad·mon·ish·ment noun
pre·ad·mon·ish verb (used with object)

Related Words
advise, berate, censure, chide, enjoin, exhort, rebuke, reprimand, scold, upbraid, warn

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Synonyms
2. upbraid, censure, rebuke

Synonym Study
See warn. See reprimand.

Origin: 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 admonestāre (unrecorded), apparently derivative of Latin admonēre “to remind, give advice to” (source of -est- is uncertain), equivalent to ad- ad- ( def ) + monēre “to remind, warn”; monitor ( def )

Example Sentences
Savage went on to empower our community to admonish naysayers of queer party-going, community enrichment, and quality time — however we choose to define those terms.
From Salon

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has been admonished after entering the private chambers of other judges and going through their papers and computers, according to the California Commission on Judicial Performance.
From Los Angeles Times

She was spared further punishment and admonished by Lord Beckett after he heard Gallagher had not offended over the last year.
From BBC

He admonished Joe Biden’s administration as “the worst in history” and he swore that countries across the globe were releasing gang members from prisons to invade our country.
From Salon

Spencer was years ahead of other Republicans in admonishing the GOP to be more welcoming to Latinos.
From Los Angeles Times