Admonishing: alternatives and connections

Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

of Reprove

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.