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OBJURGATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Censure severely

Example:

She chastised him for his insensitive remarks

Synonyms:

castigate; chasten; chastise; correct; objurgate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "objurgate" is one way to...):

bawl out; berate; call down; call on the carpet; chew out; chew up; chide; dress down; have words; jaw; lambast; lambaste; lecture; rag; rebuke; remonstrate; reprimand; scold; take to task; trounce (censure severely or angrily)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "objurgate"):

flame (criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

objurgation (rebuking a person harshly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Express strong disapproval of

Example:

These ideas were reprobated

Synonyms:

condemn; decry; excoriate; objurgate; reprobate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "objurgate" is one way to...):

denounce (speak out against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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