1.
[syn: chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Objurgation \Ob`jur*ga"tion\, n. [L. objurgatio: cf. F.
objurgation.]
The act of objurgating; reproof.
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While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on
Mr. Ben Allen. --Dickens.
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With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs.
--Landor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
objurgation
n 1: rebuking a person harshly [syn: chiding, scolding,
objurgation, tongue-lashing]