Cornucopia of vocabulary
Volume 1
Word 29
Admonish
[ad-mon-ish]
Verb
to caution, advise, or counsel against something;
to remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation
or a responsibility
to warn against danger; criticize
to reprove or scold, especially in a gentle, mild and good-willed
manner but earnestly
Noun
admonishment; admonisher
Adverb
admonishingly
Origin
Late Middle English admonish derivative of Latin admonēre ‘to
remind, give advice to’, equivalent to ad + monēre to remind, warn
Synonyms
scold; reprimand; rebuke
Antonyms
congratulate; applaud, commend; praise
Usage
She admonished me for eating without washing hands.
I had to admonish a student for giving me her mother's email
address, and pretending it was hers.
Writers like Emerson and Thoreau admonished us to develop
ourselves according to nature.
Lincoln pursued his interests in defiance of established norms. Far
from being praised, he was consistently admonished.