Synonyms for objurgate

Synonyms for (verb) objurgate

Synonyms: correct, objurgate, chasten, chastise, castigate

Definition: censure severely

Usage: She chastised him for his insensitive remarks

Similar words: call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, rag, rebuke, scold, dress down, take to task, trounce, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, jaw, berate, bawl out

Definition: censure severely or angrily

Usage: The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car; The deputy ragged the Prime Minister; The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup


Synonyms: reprobate, excoriate, objurgate, decry, condemn

Definition: express strong disapproval of

Usage: We condemn the racism in South Africa; These ideas were reprobated

Similar words: denounce

Definition: speak out against

Usage: He denounced the Nazis


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