Dictionary Entry

reprimand

reprimand is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1noun
Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
2noun
To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
3noun
To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.
4noun
an act or expression of criticism and censure
"he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
Synonyms
rebuke reprehension reproof reproval
5verb
rebuke formally
Synonyms
censure criminate
6verb
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
Synonyms
berate chide jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reproof scold trounce

Synonyms

rebuke reprehension reproof reproval censure criminate berate chide jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag remonstrate scold trounce

Common word forms

reprimands reprimanded reprimander reprimanding

Words from these letters

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