Reprimand - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈreprɪmænd|
Brit.
|ˈreprɪmɑːnd|
noun
verb
- rebuke formally (syn: censure, criminate)
- censure severely or angrily (syn: bawl out, berate, call down, chide, dress down, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, scold, trounce)
- censure severely or angrily (syn: bawl out, berate, call down, chide, dress down, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, scold, trounce)
Extra examples
...while reviewing the troops, the officer delivered a curt reprimand to one of the soldiers...
The soldiers were severely reprimanded.
...reprimanded the summer intern for her constant tardiness...
The judge issued a reprimand from the bench.
The military court reprimanded him for failing to do his duty.
The error cost me a reprimand, but nothing more serious than that.
The House voted to punish the senator with a formal reprimand.
...don't bother him; he's still in a snit after this morning's reprimand...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: reprimand
he/she/it: reprimands
present participle: reprimanding
past tense: reprimanded
past participle: reprimanded
I/you/we/they: reprimand
he/she/it: reprimands
present participle: reprimanding
past tense: reprimanded
past participle: reprimanded
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