objurgate

English

Etymology

From Latin obiūrgō.

Verb

objurgate (third-person singular simple present objurgates, present participle objurgating, simple past and past participle objurgated)

(transitive) To rebuke or scold strongly.
- 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima.
  He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust. Why hadn't he come straight to him—whatever the mysterious document was—instead of talking it over with French featherheads?

Synonyms

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Related terms

objurgation
objurgative
objurgatively
objurgatory

Translations

To rebuke or scold strongly

Finnish: tuomita (fi)
Italian: obiurgare

Russian: брани́ть (ru) (branítʹ)

Latin

Verb

objūrgāte

second-person plural present active imperative of objūrgō