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Definition of Admonishing
1. Adjective. Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
Similar to: Unfavorable, Unfavourable
Derivative terms: Admonish
Definition of Admonishing
1. Verb. (present participle of admonish) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Admonishing
1. admonish [v] - See also: admonish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Admonishing
Literary usage of Admonishing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Father contented himself with admonishing the king in a paternal manner to remove
the abuses and to avoid infringing on the rights of the Church. ..."
2. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by Benjamin and Thomas Kite (Firm)., William Sewel (1823)
"Fox, who was unwilling to let any opportunity slip, without admonishing people
to virtue, warned the justice to repent, and hid him come to the light which ..."
3. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"admonishing all persons not to publish, disperse, or repeat any of the papers or
declarations of the prince of Orange, nor to read, receive, conceal, ..."
4. The New Creationby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (1998)
"Public Rebukes Rare This admonishing, under some circumstances, might need to be
done publicly before the congregation, as the Apostle suggests to Timothy: ..."
5. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"... admonishing you of the approach of the third stage, or stage of collapse, from
which, but few recover—a few hours only, carrying off the patient. ..."
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