admonished

Meaning

of Admonish

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Examples

Look, Chief-is it really necessary to kill everybody here? I don't relish it.” "Don't get chicken, son,” admonished Ardmore with an edge in his voice. "This is war-and war is no joke. There is no such thing as a humane war. Robert A. Heinlein

I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day. Bradley Whitford

Nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biases to draw too much, so as to incapacitate them for other occupations and entertainments. David Hume

SCEPTER, n. A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents. Ambrose Bierce

A monkey that pilfers from a widow's larder must not be admonished. Zambian Proverb

A monkey that pilfers from a widow's larder must not be admonished. Zanzibar Proverb