Admonish meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

Reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambast, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the Riot Act to, give a piece of one’s mind to, haul over the coals, tell off, give someone a telling-off, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, bawl out, pitch into, lay into, lace into, blow up, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, rap over the knuckles, slap someone’s wrist, let someone have it, give someone hell, tick off, have a go at, carpet, tear someone off a strip, monster, give someone a mouthful, give someone what for, give someone some stick. give someone a wigging, chew out, ream out, trim, rate, give someone a rating, etc.