transitive verb. To reprove (someone) severely, especially in a formal or official way. synonym: admonish.

noun. A severe, formal, or official rebuke or censure.

noun. Severe reproof for a fault; reprehension, private or public.

noun. Synonyms Monition, Reprehension, etc. See admonition.

To reprove severely; reprehend; chide for a fault.

Synonyms Rebuke, etc. See censure.

transitive verb. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to censure formally.

transitive verb. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence.

noun. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

verb. To reprove in a formal or official way.

verb. rebuke formally

noun. an act or expression of criticism and censure

verb. censure severely or angrily

"I can't imagine the uproar if on Mother's Day he told mothers to get off their butts, turn off the boob-tube electric babysitter and stop shopping around for ADHD diagnoses because they can't control their kid after telling him/her day in day out that they're the smartest, the most handsome/beautiful and calling the school to complain every time the kid gets a bad grade or a reprimand from a teacher."

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