REPRIMAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reprimand mean? 

• REPRIMAND (noun)
  The noun REPRIMAND has 1 sense:

1. an act or expression of criticism and censure

  Familiarity information: REPRIMAND used as a noun is very rare.

• REPRIMAND (verb)
  The verb REPRIMAND has 2 senses:

1. rebuke formally

2. censure severely or angrily

  Familiarity information: REPRIMAND used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPRIMAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act or expression of criticism and censure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval

Context example:

he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face

Hypernyms ("reprimand" is a kind of...):

criticism; unfavorable judgment (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reprimand"):

riot act (a vigorous reprimand)

chiding; objurgation; scolding; tongue-lashing (rebuking a person harshly)

what for (a strong reprimand)

bawling out; castigation; chewing out; dressing down; earful; going-over; upbraiding (a severe scolding)

berating; blowing up (a severe rebuke)

reproach (a mild rebuke or criticism)

lecture; speech; talking to (a lengthy rebuke)

chastening; chastisement; correction (a rebuke for making a mistake)

admonishment; admonition; monition (a firm rebuke)

Derivation:

reprimand (rebuke formally)

reprimand (censure severely or angrily)

• REPRIMAND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reprimand    ... he / she / it reprimands   
Past simple: reprimanded   
Past participle: reprimanded   
-ing form: reprimanding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rebuke formally

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

censure; criminate; reprimand

Hypernyms (to "reprimand" is one way to...):

criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reprimand"):

animadvert (express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

reprimand (an act or expression of criticism and censure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Censure severely or angrily

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bawl out; berate; call down; call on the carpet; chew out; chew up; chide; dress down; have words; jaw; lambast; lambaste; lecture; rag; rebuke; remonstrate; reprimand; scold; take to task; trounce

Context example:

The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

Hypernyms (to "reprimand" is one way to...):

criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reprimand"):

castigate; chasten; chastise; correct; objurgate (censure severely)

brush down; tell off (reprimand)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

reprimand (an act or expression of criticism and censure)

 Context examples 

She severely reprimanded the gardener on account of his dog.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

She got through her lessons as well as she could, and managed to escape reprimands by being a model of deportment.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The matter has ended in reprimands, the opponents have been compelled to shake hands, and there is every hope that all will be well.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thinking that he was asleep, and wishing him to escape reprimand or worse, I spoke to him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I did not need to be guided to the well-known room, to which I had so often been summoned for chastisement or reprimand in former days.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Yes, indeed, Edmund, added her ladyship, who had been thoroughly awakened by Mrs. Norris's sharp reprimand to Fanny; I was out above an hour.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

As it was impossible, however, now to prevent their coming, Lady Middleton resigned herself to the idea of it, with all the philosophy of a well-bred woman, contenting herself with merely giving her husband a gentle reprimand on the subject five or six times every day.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The second disadvantage is, that my lawyer must proceed with great caution, or else he will be reprimanded by the judges, and abhorred by his brethren, as one that would lessen the practice of the law.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I was not reprimanded for leaving my bed; people had something else to think about; no explanation was afforded then to my many questions; but a day or two afterwards I learned that Miss Temple, on returning to her own room at dawn, had found me laid in the little crib; my face against Helen Burns's shoulder, my arms round her neck.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Elinor began to find this impertinence too much for her temper; but she was saved the trouble of checking it, by Lucy's sharp reprimand, which now, as on many occasions, though it did not give much sweetness to the manners of one sister, was of advantage in governing those of the other.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)