Word Meanings - TROUNCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. (more info) Etym:
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- ADMONISHER
One who admonishes. - SCOLDER
1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw. - CHIDESTER
A female scold. - REPRIMAND
Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay. (more info) reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- - SCOLDINGLY
In a scolding manner. - CHIDER
One who chides or quarrels. Shak. - OBJURGATE
To chide; to reprove. (more info) + jurgare to quarrel, scold, fr. jus right, court. See - BLAME
LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. - BLAMER
One who blames. Wyclif. - CHIDERESS
She who chides. - REPROVE
1. To convince. When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9. 2. To disprove; to refute. Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak. 3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; - REBUKE
1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment. For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer. xv. 15. Why bear you these rebukes and answer not Shak. 2. Check; rebuff. L'Estrange. To be without rebuke, to live without - TROUNCE
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. (more info) Etym: - REPROVER
One who, or that which, reproves. - SCOLDING
a. & n. from Scold, v. Scolding bridle, an iron frame. See Brank, n., 2. - BLAMEFUL
1. Faulty; meriting blame. Shak. 2. Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious. Chaucer. -- Blame"ful*ly, adv. -- Blame"ful*ness, n. - REBUKEFUL
Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke. -- Re*buke"ful*ly, adv. - REPRIMANDER
One who reprimands. - ADMONISHMENT
Admonition. Shak. - BLAMEWORTHY
Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. -- Blame"wor`thi*ness, n. - ORCHIDEOUS
See ORCHIDACEOUS - DISBLAME
To clear from blame. Chaucer. - SCOLD
To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant. Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was forced to scold. Shak. - ORCHIDEAN
Orchidaceous. - FOREADMONISH
To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall. - SELF-REPROVED
Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.