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