admonish
to warn or correct firmly
Roots
Other words with the mon root
- admonition: a warning or cautionary rebuke
- monitor: watcher or warner
- monitory: giving warning or admonition
- monument: structure that preserves memory
- premonition: a warning feeling before something happens
- premonitory: giving advance warning
- summon: to call forth or order to appear
Admonish is warning with correction in it: not just notice, but a verbal nudge back into line.
The coach admonished the team for confusing speed with carelessness.