Admonishing synonyms
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Part of speech:
Of or pertaining to an admonition
Giving or serving as a warning; admonitory:
Giving or containing monition; admonishing
Warning describes something that alerts to possible danger.
warn (related)
Giving warning
Full of or expressing reproach, or blame, censure, etc.
Expressing reproof; reproachful or admonishing.
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To discourage is defined as to try to get someone not to do something.
(Archaic) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; - followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
To find fault with angrily; rebuke or chide severely
Reproach is defined as to blame or shame someone.
Reprimand is defined as to severely or formally scold someone.
To cause to remember; put in mind:
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To deliver a lecture or series of lectures.
To criticize something is to find and point out fault or problems.
To notify; inform
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To warn beforehand
To warn of approaching danger
To punish or rebuke severely.
To beat soundly; thrash
To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
Rap is defined as to hit quickly and sharply, or to speak or chant lyrics to a song with a reoccurring beat.
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To punish, esp. by beating
applauding (antonym)
To praise; commend
commending (antonym)
extolling (antonym)
Extol is defined as to praise highly.
flattering (antonym)
To praise too much, untruly, or insincerely, as in order to win favor
complimenting (antonym)
To show fondness, regard, or respect for by giving a gift or performing a favor.
praising (antonym)
To laud the glory of (God, etc.), as in song; glorify; extol
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lauding (antonym)
To praise; extol
approving (antonym)
The definition of approve is to say you like something or you are alright with it happening.
attacking (related)
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than ""criticize"" or similar).
Find another word for admonishing. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for admonishing, like: admonitory, cautionary, monitory, warning, warn, reproachful, reproving, discouraging, cautioning, upbraiding and scolding.