objurgate
verb (used with object)
to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
objurgatory
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a word derived from
objurgate.
Example Sentences
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Well, I have a letter addressed in that objurgatory term, and I am going to place it beneath my pillow before I go out to-night.
From Snake and Sword A Novel by Percival Christopher Wren
Thus, for instance, in the matter of Government, the period of the "Invaluable Constitution" must be followed by a Reform Bill; to laudatory De Lolmes succeed objurgatory Benthams.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
His next work was “The Centaur not Fabulous; in Six Letters to a Friend, on the Life in Vogue,” which reads very much like the most objurgatory parts of the “Night Thoughts” reduced to prose.
From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Nathan Sheppard
John Wiswall, a "young man with somewhat original objurgatory tendencies," was not of the meaner sort of families.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884 by Various
For two hours the colonel, with the occasional objurgatory assistance of his partner, talked, begged argued, threatened, and even wept.
From Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams
