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1. (v.t.) admonish
to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
2. admonish
to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner.
3. admonish
to urge to a duty or remind of an obligation.
Etymology: (1275–1325; < AF, OF amonester < VL *admonestāre, appar. der. of L admonēre to remind, give advice to =ad-ad - +monēre to warn)
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1. (verb) warn, discourage, admonish, monish
admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
"I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
2. (verb) caution, admonish, monish
warn strongly; put on guard
3. (verb) admonish, reprove
take to task
"He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
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1. (verb) admonish
to warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort
2. (verb) admonish
to counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause
3. (verb) admonish
to instruct or direct; to inform; to notify
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Sense: to scold or rebuke
The judge admonished the young man for fighting in the street.
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 Afrikaans: vermaan |
 Arabic: يُحَذِّر، يَنْصَح |
 Bulgarian: предупреждавам |
 Brazilian: repreender |
 Czech: napomenout |
 German: ermahnen |
 Danish: irettesætte; advare |
 Greek: νουθετώ, επιπλήττω |
 Spanish: amonestar |
 Estonian: noomima |
 Farsi: توبیخ کردن |
 Finnish: nuhdella |
 French: réprimander |
 Hebrew: לִנְזוֹף, לְהוֹכִיחַ אוֹת |
 Hindi: चेतावनी देना |
 Croatian: opomenuti |
 Hungarian: megint |
 Indonesian: mengecam, memperingatkan |
 Icelandic: aðvara |
 Italian: ammonire |
 Japanese: さとす |
 Korean: 훈계하다 |
 Lithuanian: pabarti |
 Latvian: aizrādīt; brīdināt |
 Malay: menegur |
 Dutch: vermanen |
 Norwegian: irettesette, advare |
 Polish: upominać |
 Persian: توبیخ کردن |
 Pashto: نصیحت کول |
 Portuguese: repreender |
 Romanian: a admonesta |
 Russian: делать внушение |
 Slovak: napomenúť |
 Slovenian: izreči ukor |
 Serbian: ukoriti |
 Swedish: förmana, tillrättavisa |
 Thai: ตักเตือน |
 Turkish: uyarmak, ihtar etmek |
 Taiwanese: 訓誡 |
 Ukrainian: робити зауваження; виноси |
 Urdu: سرزنش کرنا |
 Vietnamese: khiển trách |
 Chinese: 训诫 |
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