objurgate
[verb]
Synonyms: execrate, anathematize, curse, damn

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Related Words: castigate, censure

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objurgate verb trans. & intrans. ['ɒbdʒǝgeɪt] literary. E17.
[Latin objurgat- pa. ppl stem of objurgare, from ob- OB- + jurgare quarrel, scold, from jurgium quarrel: see -ATE³.]
Give a severe rebuke (to); scold, chide.

■ objur'gation noun the action or an act of objurgating; a severe rebuke: L15.

■ ob'jurgative adjective (rare) = objurgatory M19.

■ ob'jurgatorily adverb in an objurgatory manner M17.

■ ob'jurgatory adjective having the character of scolding or chiding; conveying or uttering a severe rebuke: L16.

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