admonished

[ ad-mon-isht ]
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adjective
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of admonish.

Origin of admonished

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; admonish + -ed2 for the adjective senses; admonish + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from admonished

  • un·ad·mon·ished, adjective

Words Nearby admonished

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How to use admonished in a sentence

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

    Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
  • 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.

    Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower
  • "That'll do noo, or I'll come alang yer jaw," and thus admonished John was at once silent.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh