Tuesday word: Objurgate

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Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022

Objurgate (verb)
objurgate [ ob-jer-geyt, uhb-jur-geyt ]

verb (used with object), ob·jur·gat·ed, ob·jur·gat·ing.
1. to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.

OTHER WORDS FROM OBJURGATE
ob·jur·ga·tion, noun
ob·jur·ga·tor, noun
ob·jur·ga·to·ri·ly [uhb-jur-guh-tawr-uh-lee, -tohr-], ob·jur·ga·tive·ly, adverb
ob·jur·ga·to·ry, ob·jur·ga·tive, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO OBJURGATE
castigate, censure, chastise, chide, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, upbraid, bawl out, chew out, jump all over, rake over the coals

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ORIGIN: 1610–20; < Latin objurgatus, past participle of objurgare to rebuke, equivalent to ob-ob- + jurgare, jurigare to rebuke, equivalent to jur- (stem of jus) law + -ig-, combining form of agere to drive, do + -atus-ate

Example of objurgation in a sentence
particularly humiliating for the general was the White House's objurgation of his misguided and unauthorized attempt at enunciating foreign policy