objurgate
1. censure severely
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
• Syn:
chastise, castigate, chasten, correct
• Derivationally related forms:
corrective (for: correct), objurgation, castigation (for: castigate), chastisement (for: chastise)
• Hypernyms:
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce,
reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down,
scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
• Hyponyms:
flame
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. express strong disapproval of
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
• Syn:
condemn, reprobate, decry, excoriate
• Derivationally related forms:
excoriation (for: excoriate), reprobation (for: reprobate), condemnatory (for: condemn), condemnation (for: condemn)
• Hypernyms:
denounce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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