reprimand
US: /ˈɹɛpɹəˌmænd/
UK: /ɹˈɛpɹɪmˌɑːnd/
UK: /ɹˈɛpɹɪmˌɑːnd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
reprimand /'reprimɑ:nd/
- danh từ
- lời khiển trách, lời quở trách
- lời khiển trách, lời quở trách
- ngoại động từ
- khiển trách, quở trách
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
~ sb (for sth) (formal) to tell sb officially that you do not approve of them or their actions: [VN] The officers were severely reprimanded for their unprofessional behaviour. [also V speech]
reprimand noun [C, U]: He received a severe reprimand for his behaviour.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 scolding, reproof, rebuke, admonition, upbraiding, castigation, reproach, lecture, censure, criticism, disapproval, remonstrance, remonstration, reprehension, tongue-lashing, Colloq dressing-down, talking-to, telling-off, ticking-off, rap over or on the knuckles, slap on the wrist, Brit slating, US and Canadian chewing-out, Slang Brit wigging:
Brown received a severe reprimand for violating the curfew.
v.
2 scold, chide, reprove, rebuke, admonish, upbraid, castigate, reproach, berate, lecture, censure, criticize, find fault with, attack, flay (alive), reprehend, read (someone) the riot act, slap on the wrist, rap over the knuckles, take to task, Colloq bawl out, dress down, give a dressing-down, tell off, tick off, haul over the coals, give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind, Brit slate, give (someone) a row, send (someone) away or off with a flea in his or her ear, tell (someone) a thing or two, carpet, wig, skin (alive), US and Canadian chew out, rake over the coals, call on the carpet, pin (someone's) ears back:
Nigel deserves to be reprimanded for what he did.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
severe | public | verbal, written
VERB + REPRIMAND
earn (yourself), get, receive
The manager earned himself a severe reprimand for criticizing the referee.
| give sb, issue (sb with)
She was issued with a reprimand for leaking the news.
PREP.
~ for
a reprimand for a breach of the rules
ADV.
severely | gently | officially | publicly
PREP.
for
She was severely reprimanded for accepting the money.
Concise English dictionary
reprimands|reprimanded|reprimanding'reprɪmænd /-mɑːnd
noun
+an act or expression of criticism and censure
verb
+rebuke formally
+censure severely or angrily
