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admonished

[ ad-mon-isht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

rebuked or reminded of one’s duty, especially in a mild manner or with good will:
As she spoke, the employee looked down and kicked the dirt like an admonished child.
Tears came not from the admonished four-year-old who had destroyed the elaborate sandcastle, but from my dad, who had built it.
cautioned or advised against something; warned:
A previously admonished person entering the premises without the owner’s written authorization shall be deemed to be trespassing.

First recorded in 1590–1600; admonish ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; admonish ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

He was admonished and fined $50, but allowed to remain in the Army.

Owning a restaurant, the EEOC attorney admonished at the time, “is not a license to sexually harass employees.”

Katy Perry was admonished for dressing up as an angel while tailing her grandmother to an event.

So with its top editorial executive, the Times did as it did, not as admonished others to do.

Browne told the Times, on the second go 'round, that Kelly admonished the film.

I have been admonished and instructed by the systematic economy which is practiced even in great houses.

Whenever the contrary is heard from anyone, he is corrected, admonished, and punished—by myself if he is a secular.

The people inquire concerning fasting: they are admonished to fast from sin.

Lovin Child admonished himself gravely, and got it and threw it back again.

"That'll do noo, or I'll come alang yer jaw," and thus admonished John was at once silent.

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