1. To take to task; SYN. reprove.
2. Reprove gently.
3. Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behaviour
4. Warn strongly; put on guard

1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish.
2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling of

To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.

To rebuke formally; SYN. censure, criminate.

To utter a reproach to; SYN. upbraid.

1. To chastise verbally
2. To chide with rudeness and clamor.

1. To number and set apart; especially; to assign to a
2. To reprimand; SYN. brush down.