admonish
/ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/US/ædˈmɑn.ɪʃ/
admonish verb: to inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
Verb
admonish (third-person singular simple present admonishes, present participle admonishing, simple past and past participle admonished)
- To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 4:13
- And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 12:12
- To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
- “You needn’t stray off too far in doin’ it,” his partner admonished. “If that pack ever starts to jump you, them three cartridges’d be wuth no more’n three whoops in hell. Them animals is damn hungry, an’ once they start in, they’ll sure get you, Bill.”1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter II, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1 (The Wild)
- To instruct or direct.
admonish meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
admonish in Tamil
- கடிந்துகொள், நயம்படக் கடிந்துரை, நன்மதி கூறு, எச்சரிப்புச்செய், நன்னெறிப்படுத்து, நல்லறிவூட்டு
admonish in Urdu
- جتانا, جھاڑنا, کہنا, ملامت کرنا, سبق دینا, سرزنش کرنا
admonish in Bengali
- মৃদু ভৎর্সনা করা, সতর্ক করা
admonish in Telugu
- to admonish, exhort, advise
- బుద్ధిచెప్పు buddhiceppu
More languagesFewer languages
- admonish in Malayalam
- താക്കീത് നൽകുക, ഉപദേശിക്കുക, ശാസിക്കുക
- admonish in Kannada
- ಎಚ್ಚರಿಸು, ನೆನಪಿಸು, ಬೆದರಿಸು, ನಿಂದಿಸು
- admonish in Nepali
- गाली गर्नु gālī garnu
- admonish in Tagalog
- pagsabihan
- admonish in Arabic
- حَذَّرَ ḥaḏḏara
- admonish in Vietnamese
- bảo ban
Examples of admonish in a sentence
- So we watch him and we wait for the time to admonish him.1914 September – 1915 May, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company...
- […] But then things take a turn, the men starting to keel over as Walder seems to admonish them for leaving certain threads hanging. […]2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
Synonyms of admonish
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- scorch
- blast
- berate
- castigate
- censure
- charge
- chastise
- chew out
- condemn
- criticize
- denounce
- denunciate
- deprecate
- derogate
- dispraise
- drag
- dress down
- eat someone alive
- excoriate
- find fault
- fulminate
- get at
- get down
- get up
- give somebody a piece of one's mind
- give somebody what-for
- inveigh
- lace into
- lambaste
- lay into
Forms of admonish
| third-person singular present | admonishes |
|---|---|
| present participle | admonishing |
| past participle | admonished |
| past | admonished |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | admonishest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | admonishedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | admonisheth |
Origin of admonish
Inherited from Middle English a(d)monisshen (adapted through -ishen (“-ish”) from earlier amonesten), from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestāre, from Latin admoneō (“to remind, warn”), from ad- + moneō (“to warn, advise”).
Words formed from admonish
Questions about admonish
- What does admonish mean?
- Admonish means to inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- What is admonish in Tamil?
- Admonish in Tamil is கடிந்துகொள், நயம்படக் கடிந்துரை, நன்மதி கூறு. See Admonish meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use admonish in a sentence?
- So we watch him and we wait for the time to admonish him.
- What part of speech is admonish?
- Admonish is a verb.
- How do you pronounce admonish?
- Admonish is pronounced /ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of admonish?
- The past tense of admonish is admonished.
Words near admonish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: admonish (page history and authors); admonish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admonish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admonish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); బుద్ధిచెప్పు (Telugu) (page history and authors); admonish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admonish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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