admonishing

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noun

admonishment

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:admonishing.”

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admonitoryreproachfulreprovingunfavorableunfavourable
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of admonish

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:admonishing.

nounadmonishing (plural admonishings)

plural admonishings

  1. admonishment
adjectiveadmonishing (comparative more admonishing, superlative most admonishing)

comparative more admonishing · superlative most admonishing

  1. Giving admonishment.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveexpressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

Similar
admonitoryreproachfulreprovingunfavorableunfavourable
Also see
admonitoryreproachfulreprovingunfavourable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

admonishing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admonishing

MLA

“admonishing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admonishing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “admonishing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admonishing.

Source: admonishing on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.