reprimandverb [ T ]
uk/ˈrep.rɪ.mɑːnd/us/ˈrep.rə.mænd/formalto express to someone your strong official disapproval of them:
She was reprimanded by her teacher for biting another girl.
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Chastising & rebuking
- admonition
- barracking
- bawl
- be in sb's face idiom
- beat yourself up
- bring
- come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
- crucify
- dressing-down
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lay
- neck
- rebuke
- reproachful
- there'll be hell to pay idiom
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- tirade
- upbraid
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reprimand
noun [ C ] ukus
His boss gave him a severe reprimand for being late.