verb (formal)
1 ~ sb (for sth / for doing sth) to tell sb firmly that you do not approve of sth that they have done:
[VN] She was admonished for chewing gum in class. [also Vspeech, VNspeech]
2 to strongly advise sb to do sth:
[VNtoinf] A warning voice admonished him not to let this happen. [also Vspeech, VNspeech]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for admonish is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does admonish appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — admonish appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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