admonish



admonish (one) for

To reprimand one for a wrongdoing. Katherine admonished Theresa for arriving late to work.
See also: admonish

admonish someone for something

to warn or scold someone mildly for doing something. The nurse admonished the patient for not eating her dinner.
See also: admonish

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MeadeMEEDEnglish (Rare)
RagnarRAHNG-nahr (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Imen-Arabic
Pack[pæk]
GereonGE-re-awn (German)German, Late Roman
Jescha-Biblical