admonish
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: admonishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: admonishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: admonished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: admonished
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: admonish
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: admonish
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: admonished
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: admonish
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: admonishest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: admonished
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: admonishedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: admonishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: admonisheth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: admonished
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: admonish
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: admonished
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: admonish
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: admonished
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: admonish
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: admonishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: admonished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.
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.
Well, that's because he daren't trust you. But in his heart he is not a loyal brother. We know that well. So we watch him and we wait for the time to admonish him.
[…] But then things take a turn, the men starting to keel over as Walder seems to admonish them for leaving certain threads hanging. […]
gloss: To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “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.”
gloss: To instruct or direct.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: admonition
admonitory
monitor
premonition
Derived words: admonishable
admonisher
admonishing
admonishingly
admonishment
foreadmonish
preadmonish
unadmonished
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: حَذَّرَ
roman: ḥaḏḏara
lang: Bulgarian
word: съветвам
roman: sǎvetvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: поучавам
roman: poučavam
lang: Catalan
word: amonestar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 告誡 /告诫
roman: gàojiè
lang: Czech
word: pokárat
lang: Czech
word: napomenout
lang: Czech
word: napomínat
lang: Dutch
word: vermanen
lang: Esperanto
word: admoni
lang: French
word: admonester
lang: Galician
word: amoestar
lang: German
word: ermahnen
lang: German
word: warnen
lang: Greek
word: νουθετώ
roman: nouthetó
lang: Ancient Greek
word: νουθετέω
roman: nouthetéō
lang: Hungarian
word: figyelmeztet
lang: Hungarian
word: megdorgál
lang: Italian
word: ammonire
lang: Japanese
word: 注意する
roman: chūi-surú
lang: Japanese
word: 警告する
roman: keikoku-surú
lang: Latin
word: moneo
lang: Macedonian
word: прекорува
roman: prekoruva
lang: Macedonian
word: укорува
roman: ukoruva
lang: Nepali
word: गाली गर्नु
roman: gālī garnu
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: irettesette
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: formane
lang: Occitan
word: admonestar
lang: Portuguese
word: advertir
lang: Portuguese
word: prevenir
lang: Portuguese
word: admoestar
lang: Russian
word: укоря́ть
roman: ukorjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: порица́ть
roman: poricátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: amonestar
lang: Spanish
word: reprender
lang: Tagalog
word: pagsabihan
lang: Turkish
word: ikaz etmek
lang: Turkish
word: kulağını bükmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: робити зауваження
roman: robyty zauvažennja
lang: Ukrainian
word: дорікати
roman: dorikaty