admonish, v.
(admonished, admonishes, admonishing)
freq. cnt. 1
(admonished, admonishes, admonishing)
freq. cnt. 1
advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
admonish discourage monish warn
sample sentences
"I warned him not to go too far""I warn you against false assumptions"
"She warned him to be quiet"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
They %s him from writing the letter
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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take to task
<verb.communication>
admonish reproof reprove
sample sentences
"He admonished the child for his bad behavior"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Sam cannot %s Sue
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hypernym
warn strongly; put on guard
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
admonish caution monish
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym