Associations to the word «Reprimanded»
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Wiktionary
REPRIMAND, noun. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
REPRIMAND, verb. To reprove in a formal or official way.
Dictionary definition
REPRIMAND, noun. An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face".
REPRIMAND, verb. Rebuke formally.
REPRIMAND, verb. Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.