'Reprimand' definitions:
Definition of 'reprimand'
(from WordNet)
noun
An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand]
verb
verb
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: 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]
Definition of 'Reprimand'
From: GCIDE
- Reprimand \Rep"ri*mand\ (r?p"r?-m?nd), n. [F. r['e]primande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress.] Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. [1913 Webster]
- Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reprimand'
From: GCIDE
- Reprimand \Rep"ri*mand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.] [Cf. F. r['e]primander. See Reprimand, n.]
- 1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. [1913 Webster]
- Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reprimand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonish,
- admonishment,
- admonition,
- aspersion,
- attack,
- attaint,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bawl out,
- bend sinister,
- berate,
- bespatter,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blot,
- blow upon,
- blur,
- brand,
- bring to book,
- broad arrow,
- call down,
- call to account,
- carpet,
- castigate,
- castigation,
- censure,
- champain,
- chastise,
- chastisement,
- chew out,
- chide,
- chiding,
- correct,
- correction,
- criticism,
- criticize,
- defame,
- defile,
- disapproval,
- disapprove,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- dress down,
- dressing-down,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- gibbet,
- give a dressing-down,
- hang in effigy,
- have words with,
- imputation,
- lecture,
- lesson,
- mark of Cain,
- objurgate,
- objurgation,
- onus,
- pillory,
- pillorying,
- point champain,
- rap,
- rate,
- rating,
- rebuke,
- reflection,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- reprehend,
- reprehension,
- reproach,
- reprobation,
- reproof,
- reproval,
- reprove,
- scold,
- scolding,
- sermon,
- set down,
- set straight,
- skin alive,
- slate,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smudge,
- smutch,
- soil,
- spank,
- spanking,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stigmatize,
- straighten out,
- sully,
- taint,
- take down,
- take to task,
- talking-to,
- tarnish,
- tell off,
- tick off,
- tongue-lashing,
- upbraid,
- upbraiding,
- vilify,
- wig