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Definition of Objurgation
1. Noun. Rebuking a person harshly.
Generic synonyms: Rebuke, Reprehension, Reprimand, Reproof, Reproval
Specialized synonyms: Wig, Wigging
Derivative terms: Chide, Objurgate, Scold
Definition of Objurgation
1. n. The act of objurgating; reproof.
Definition of Objurgation
1. Noun. strong rebuke; strong scolding ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Objurgation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Objurgation
Literary usage of Objurgation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"Go! perish from us! objurgation vain To soulless nature, powerless to contain
One ill ... objurgation ..."
2. Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth by Thomas Hearne, John Aubrey (1813)
"A Letter of objurgation. [16], Dec. 19. MR. WANLEY, UPON receiving your letter
about the Librarian's place at St. James, ..."
3. The Book of the Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1877)
"... Gnawing with fixed tooth earth's heart away I Go! perish from us! objurgation
vain To soulless nature, powerless to contain One ill ..."
4. Life of Lord Jeffrey, with a Selection from His Correspondence by Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Henry Cockburn Cockburn (1852)
"... since it was truly by your, not encouragement or advice, but command and
objurgation, that I was induced to set about the republication. ..."
5. Life of Lord Jeffrey: With a Selection from His Correspondence by Henry Cockburn Cockburn, Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey (1852)
"... since it was truly by your, not encouragement or advice, but command and
objurgation, that I was induced to set about the republication. ..."
6. Essays on the Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"Chiefdom of evil, gold! blind child of clay, Gnawing with fixed tooth earth's
heart away! Go! perish from us! objurgation vain To soulless nature, ..."
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