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What is the adjective for admonish?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb admonish which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

admonitory
  1. Of or pertaining to an admonition
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cautionary, warning, admonishing, monitory, cautioning, premonitory, exemplary, advisory, rebuking, reproving, reprimanding, reproachful, scolding, deterrent, instructive, condemnatory, counselling, counseling, critical, disapproving, advice-giving, ominous, giving warning, threatening, serving as a deterrent, bodeful, hinting, wise, portending, monitorial, exhortatory, worrying, prognostic, sobering, precautionary, admonitional, admonitive, chiding … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The discourses of Jesus on the subject appear to be admonitory rather than predictive.”
      “Her words were admonitory, but there was a smile in her voice and a laugh in her eyes.”
      “Sandra Gilbert, past president of the MLA, is both funny and wisely admonitory.”
admonitive
  1. Of or conveying admonition
  2. Synonyms:
      3. admonitional, admonitory, advisory, cautionary, cautioning, chiding, reprimanding, reproachful, reproving, warning … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I admonished my students with an admonitive tone, reminding them to complete their assignments on time.”
      “The full set of speaker-oriented modality consists of imperative, prohibitive, optative, hortative, admonitive, and permissive.”
admonitorial
  1. (rare) admonitory
admonished
  1. simple past tense and past participle of admonish
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scolded, castigated, censured, criticised, criticized, rebuked, reprimanded, berated, lambasted, upbraided, chid, chided, reproved, reproached, chastised, carpeted, lectured, reprehended, rated, bollocked, objurgated, rapped, trimmed, checked, cautioned, told off, dressed down, laid into, bawled out, chewed out, took to task, taken to task, reamed out, hauled over the coals, pitched into, ticked off, pulled up, laced into, tore into, torn into, read the riot act, called down, gave someone a dressing-down, given someone a dressing-down, had a go at, let someone have it, gave a rocket, given a rocket, gave someone a telling-off, given someone a telling-off … more
admonishing
  1. present participle of admonish
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scolding, castigating, censuring, criticising, criticizing, rebuking, reprimanding, berating, lambasting, upbraiding, chiding, reproving, reproaching, chastising, carpeting, lecturing, reprehending, rating, bollocking, objurgating, rapping, trimming, checking, cautioning, telling off, dressing down, laying into, bawling out, chewing out, taking to task, reaming out, hauling over the coals, pitching into, ticking off, pulling up, lacing to, tearing into, reading the riot act, calling down, giving someone a dressing-down, having a go at, letting someone have it, giving a rocket, giving someone a telling-off, giving someone a roasting, giving someone a bollocking, rapping over the knuckles, giving someone an earful, giving someone a rollicking, giving someone hell … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The teacher gave an admonishing glare to the student who was repeatedly talking in class.”
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