REPRIMAND

Definition:

1. [noun] an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
   Synonyms: rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension
   
   
2. [verb] rebuke formally
   Synonyms: censure, criminate
   
   
3. [verb] censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
   Synonyms: call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
   
   

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Related Words:

• animadvert
• chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
• tell off, brush down
• riot act
• chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing
• what for
• castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down
• berating, blowing up
• reproach
• lecture, speech, talking to
• correction, chastening, chastisement
• admonition, admonishment, monition

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