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The definition of admonish means to let someone know that you are not happy with his or her actions or to scold a person.

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To reprimand a child who is behaving badly is an example of admonish.

See admonish in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to caution against specific faults; warn
to reprove mildly
to urge or exhort
to inform or remind, by way of a warning

Origin: ME amonesten < OFr amonester < ML *admonestare, ult. < L admonere < ad-, to + monere, to warn

Related Forms:

admonishingly adverb
admonishment noun

See admonish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ad·mon·ished, ad·mon·ish·ing, ad·mon·ish·es

To reprove gently but earnestly.
To counsel (another) against something to be avoided; caution.
To remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English amonishen, admonishen

Origin: , alteration of amonesten

Origin: , from Old French amonester, admonester

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *admonestāre

Origin: , from Latin admonēre

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + monēre, to warn; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

ad·monˈish·er noun

ad·monˈish·ing·ly adverb

ad·monˈish·ment noun

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