admonishing
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- expressing reproof or reproach especially as a correctiveSynonyms: admonitoryreproachfulreproving
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Admonish \Ad*mon"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admonished; p. pr. & vb. n. Admonishing.] [OE. amonesten, OF. amonester, F. admonester, fr. a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere to remind, warn; ad + monere to warn. See Monition.]
1.To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. "Admonish him as a brother." --2 Thess. iii. 15. [1913 Webster]
2.To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. [1913 Webster]
Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns.— Col. iii. 16.[1913 Webster]
I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
3.To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. [1913 Webster]
Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle.— Heb. viii. 5.[1913 Webster]
admonishing \admonishing\ adj.
1.expressing adverse criticism as a corrective
Syn: admonitory, reproachful, reproving [WordNet 1.5]