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 attribute responsibility to; SYN. charge.
2. To harass with constant criticism; SYN. find fault a pick.
3. To put or pin the blame on; SYN. fault.

To restrain or temper; SYN. moderate, temper.
1. To correct by punishment or suffering; discipline; also; purify
2. To prune (as a work or style of art) of excess, pretense, or falsity; refine
3. To cause to be more humble or restrained; subdue

1. To compel or force into a particular state or activity.
2. To declare or judge unfit.
3. To demonstrate the guilt of (someone).
4. To express strong disapproval of; SYN. decry, objurgate, excoriate.

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.

To censure severely or angrily; is archaic.

To rebuke formally; SYN. censure, criminate.

(Alternate spelling: sermonise).
To speak as if delivering a sermon; SYN. preachify, moralize, moralise.

ETYM Cf. Dutch snuiven to snort, to pant, German schnauben, Mid. High Germ. snűben, Prov. German schnupfen, to sob, and Eng. snuff, v t.
1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
2. To check or stop with a sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand.
3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to affront on purpose. + prikaži više

(Irregular preterit, past participle: spoke, spoken).
1. To make a characteristic or natural sound.
2. To use language; SYN. talk.

To reprove; to scold.
To call to account for a shortcoming; criticize

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog.