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
Olwin-Welsh
SextusSEKS-tuwsAncient Roman
Pete[pi:t]
Ivanka-Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
EvelynEV-ə-lin (English), EV-lin (English)English, German
BonnieBAHN-eeEnglish