Reprimand

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: rep=ri=mand

CIDE DICTIONARY

Reprimand, n. [F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress.].

 Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.  [1913 Webster]
"Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him."  [1913 Webster]

Reprimand, v. t. [Cf. F. réprimander. See Reprimand, n.].

•  To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.  [1913 Webster]

  "Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission."  [1913 Webster]
•  To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Reprimand, n. & v.
--n. (often foll. by for) an official or sharp rebuke (for a fault etc.).
--v.tr. administer this to.

Etymology

F r{eacute}primande(r) f. Sp. reprimenda f. L reprimenda neut. pl. gerundive of reprimere REPRESS

THESAURUS

Reprimand

admonish, admonishment, admonition, aspersion, attack, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bawl out, bend sinister, berate, bespatter, black eye, black mark, blacken, blot, blow upon, blur, brand, bring to book, broad arrow, call down, call to account, carpet, castigate, castigation, censure, champain, chastise, chastisement, chew out, chide, chiding, correct, correction, criticism, criticize, defame, defile, disapproval, disapprove, disparage, disparagement, dress down, dressing-down, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, give a dressing-down, hang in effigy, have words with, imputation, lecture, lesson, mark of Cain, objurgate, objurgation, onus, pillory, pillorying, point champain, rap, rate, rating, rebuke, reflection, remonstrance, remonstration, reprehend, reprehension, reproach, reprobation, reproof, reproval, reprove, scold, scolding, sermon, set down, set straight, skin alive, slate, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spank, spanking, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, straighten out, sully, taint, take down, take to task, talking-to, tarnish, tell off, tick off, tongue-lashing, upbraid, upbraiding, vilify, wig

ROGET THESAURUS

Reprimand

Disapprobation

N disapprobation, disapproval, improbation, disesteem, disvaluation, displacency, odium, dislike, dispraise, discommendation, blame, censure, obloquy, detraction, disparagement, depreciation, denunciation, condemnation, ostracism, black list, animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism, sardonic grin, sardonic laugh, sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo, bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment, satire, sneer, taunt, cavil, carping, censoriousness, hypercriticism, reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming, correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff, slap, slap on the face, home thrust, hit, frown, scowl, black look, diatribe, jeremiad, jeremiade, tirade, philippic, clamor, outcry, hue and cry, hiss, hissing, sibilance, sibilation, catcall, execration, chiding, upbraiding, exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely, hard words, cutting words, bitter words, evil-speaking, bad language, personality, disapproving, scandalized, disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, clamorous, vituperative, defamatory, satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon, censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical, fastidious, sparing of praise, grudging praise, disapproved, chid, in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved, unblest, at a discount, exploded, weighed in the balance and found wanting, blameworthy, reprehensible, to blame, worthy of blame, answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of, bad, vicious, unlamented, unbewailed, unpitied, with a wry face, reproachfully, Int, it is too bad!, it won't do, it will never do!, marry come up!, Oh!, come!, 'sdeath!, forbid it Heaven!, God forbid, Heaven forbid!, out upon, fie upon it!, away with!, tut!, O tempora!, O mores!, shame!, fie, fie for shame!, out on you!, tell it not in Gath!.

VB disapprove, dislike, lament, object to, take exception to, be scandalized at, think ill of, view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes, nil admirari, disvalue, improbate, frown upon, look grave, bend the brows, knit the brows, shake the head at, shrug the shoulders, turn up the nose, look askance, look black upon, look with an evil eye, make a wry face, make a wry mouth at, set one's face against, dispraise, discommend, disparage, deprecate, speak ill of, not speak well of, condemn, blame, lay blame upon, cast blame upon, censure, fronder, reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn, remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate, reprehend, chide, admonish, berate, betongue, bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order, take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book, read a lesson, read a lecture to, rebuke, correct, reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete, overhaul, give it one, give it one finely, gibbet, accuse, impeach, denounce, hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration, expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize, show up, pull up, take up, cry 'shame' upon, be outspoken, raise a hue and cry against, execrate, exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate, abuse, abuse like a pickpocket, scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of, jaw, rail, rail at, rail in good set terms, bark at, anathematize, call names, call by hard names, call by ugly names, avile, revile, vilify, vilipend, bespatter, backbite, clapperclaw, rave against, thunder against, fulminate against, load with reproaches, exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against, decry, cry down, run down, frown down, clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist, draw up a round robin, sign a round robin, animadvert upon, reflect upon, glance at, cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon, insinuate, damn with faint praise, hint a fault and hesitate dislike, not to be able to say much for, scoff at, point at, twit, taunt, sneer at, satirize, lampoon, defame, depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, take exception, cavil, peck at, nibble at, carp at, be censorious, pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat, make a fuss about, take down, take down a peg, set down, snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles, throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden, have a fling, have a snap at, have words with, pluck a crow with, give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue, incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt, get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears, take blame, stand corrected, have to answer for.