Definition of Admonishing

1. Adjective. Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.

Exact synonyms: Admonitory, Reproachful, Reproving
Similar to: Unfavorable, Unfavourable
Derivative terms: Admonish

Definition of Admonishing

1. Verb. (present participle of admonish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Admonishing

1. admonish [v] - See also: admonish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Admonishing

admixed
admixes
admixing
admixt
admixtion
admixtions
admixture
admixture lesion
admixtured
admixtures
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admonished
admonisher
admonishers
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admonishing
admonishingly
admonishment
admonishments
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admonition
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admonitor
admonitorial
admonitorily
admonitors
admonitory
admonitrices
admonitrix

Literary usage of Admonishing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Father contented himself with admonishing the king in a paternal manner to remove the abuses and to avoid infringing on the rights of the Church. ..."

2. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by Benjamin and Thomas Kite (Firm)., William Sewel (1823)
"Fox, who was unwilling to let any opportunity slip, without admonishing people to virtue, warned the justice to repent, and hid him come to the light which ..."

3. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"admonishing all persons not to publish, disperse, or repeat any of the papers or declarations of the prince of Orange, nor to read, receive, conceal, ..."

4. The New Creationby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (1998)
"Public Rebukes Rare This admonishing, under some circumstances, might need to be done publicly before the congregation, as the Apostle suggests to Timothy: ..."

5. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"... admonishing you of the approach of the third stage, or stage of collapse, from which, but few recover—a few hours only, carrying off the patient. ..."

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