admonish ?d'm?n??/Submit verb 1. reprimand firmly. "she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven" synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the Riot Act to, give a piece of one's mind to, haul over the coals