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admonishing

 
Adjective admonishing has 1 sense
  1. admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving - expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
    Antonyms: favorable, favourable (indirect, via unfavorable)
Verb admonish has 3 senses
  1. 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"
    --1 is one way to advise, counsel
    Derived forms: noun admonition1, noun admonisher1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot admonish Sue
  2. caution, admonish, monish - warn strongly; put on guard
    --2 is one way to warn
    Derived forms: noun admonition1, noun admonisher1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. admonish, reprove - take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
    --3 is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
    Derived forms: noun admonishment1, noun admonition2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
admitting of predicate admix admixture admoniable admonish-antonym admonish admonished admonisher admonishing admonishment admonition admonitions admonitory admoral admostpher adn adn full

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