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admonishment
noun as in rebuke
Weak matches
- dressing down
- talking-to
noun as in warning
Strong matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
Such mealy-mouthed admonishments are how we got here in the first place.
A public admonishment is typically issued for serious misconduct.
While many took to right-wing media to lodge attacks on a political candidate in the face of a mass shooting, others simultaneously trotted out the tired admonishment against politicizing a tragedy.
Earlier this week Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare admonishment, without naming Trump, saying impeachment was "not an appropriate response".
The trial court sustained the objection but gave the jury no admonishments or instructions with respect to this part of the prosecutor’s arguments.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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