The meaning of REPRIMAND is a severe or formal reproof. How to use reprimand in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Reprimand.

REPRIMANDED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of reprimand 2. to express to someone your strong official…. Learn more.

REPRIMAND definition: 1. to express to someone your strong official disapproval of them: 2. strong official criticism of…. Learn more.

If you're reprimanded, someone in authority speaks to you in an angry way because you've done something wrong. Or you might reprimand your dog if he steals your hot dog.

reprimand implies a formal criticism, as by an official or person in authority: The lawyer was reprimanded by the judge. upbraid suggests relatively severe criticism, but of a less formal kind: The minister upbraided the parishioners for their poor church attendance.

If someone is reprimanded, they are spoken to angrily or seriously for doing something wrong, usually by a person in authority. He was reprimanded by a teacher for talking in class.

2016年12月6日 · Synonyms for REPRIMANDED: scolded, lectured, criticized, blamed, chastised, berated, admonished, upbraided; Antonyms of REPRIMANDED: approved, sanctioned, endorsed, indorsed, praised, extolled, lauded, okayed

The soldiers were severely reprimanded. She was reprimanded for being late. The boss reprimanded us for talking too much.