objurgative

objurgative
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.

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  • objurgative — ob·jur·ga·tive …   English syllables

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  • objurgatively — adverb in an objurgative or reproving manner The foolish Patient still at intervals continued to break in on our discourse, which rather promised to take a philosophic turn: “But I have lost my appetite,” said he, objurgatively, with a tone of… …   Wiktionary

  • condemnatory — adj 1. incriminating, incriminatory, damning, damnatory, condemning, dooming; inculpatory, implicating, implicatory, implicative; imputative, accusatory, accusative, recriminatory, recriminative, criminatory, criminative. 2. denunciatory,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • objurgate — objurgation, n. objurgator, n. objurgatorily /euhb jerr geuh tawr euh lee, tohr /, objurgatively, adv. objurgatory, objurgative, adj. /ob jeuhr gayt , euhb jerr gayt/, v.t., objurgated, objurgating. to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid… …   Universalium

  • objurgate — verb To rebuke or scold strongly. See Also: objurgation, objurgative, objurgatively, objurgatory …   Wiktionary

  • objurgation — noun strong rebuke; strong scolding See Also: objurgate, objurgative …   Wiktionary

  • exhorter — [ ɛgzɔrte ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1150, repris XVIe; lat. exhortari, de ex intensif et hortari « exhorter » ♦ Littér. EXHORTER (qqn) À : s efforcer par des discours persuasifs d amener qqn à faire qqch. ⇒ encourager, engager, inciter,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • objurguer — ⇒OBJURGUER, verbe A. Emploi trans., RHÉT. Exprimer (à quelqu un) sa désapprobation violente par des objurgations. Toujours des bottes à parer; Toujours devant son nez [du ministre] quelque épicier Lycurgue Qui vous fait les gros yeux, vous tance… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • abusive — adj 1. affronting, insulting, offensive, off putting, unbearable, insufferable, intolerable, Brit. Inf. beastly, Archaic. affrontive; fulminatory, objurgatory, objurgative, contumelious; indecent, vulgar, obscene, lewd, licentious; smutty, filthy …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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