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

1. noun. Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
2. noun. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
3. noun. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.
4. noun. 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

5. verb. rebuke formally

   Synonyms: censure, criminate

6. verb. 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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