Lectured - English meaning

verb

Warn or reprimand someone firmly.

Usage examples:

She admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven

verb

To warn someone not to do something, usually in a kind way, or to tell someone to do something

Usage examples:

His mother admonished him for eating too quickly., as i left i heard my husband’s admonition – "don…

verb

To tell someone that they have done something wrong

Usage examples:

His mother admonished him for eating too quickly.

verb

Scold or criticize (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

She berated herself for being fickle

verb

Censure severely or angrily

verb

To criticize someone in an angry manner

Usage examples:

His mother berated him for making a mess.

verb

Reprimand (someone) severely.

Usage examples:

He was castigated for not setting a good example

verb

Rebuke or reprimand severely.

Usage examples:

He chastised his colleagues for their laziness

verb

To punish or criticize someone strongly

Usage examples:

Economists like to chastise the public for not saving.

verb

Scold or rebuke.

Usage examples:

She chided him for not replying to her letters

verb

To speak to someone severely because the person has behaved badly

Usage examples:

She chided him for his bad manners.

verb

Utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience.

Usage examples:

She declaimed her views

verb

To express something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language

Usage examples:

[ + speech ] "the end of the world is at hand!" the poster declaimed., she declaimed against the ev…

noun

Written or spoken communication or debate.

Usage examples:

The language of political discourse

verb

Speak or write authoritatively about a topic.

Usage examples:

She could discourse at great length on the history of europe

noun

Spoken or written discussion

Usage examples:

[ u ] political discourse, [ c ] the play is a wonderful discourse on love.

verb

Speak or write in detail about.

Usage examples:

She expatiated on working-class novelists

verb

To speak or write about something in great detail or for a long time

Usage examples:

Expatiate on she expatiated on her work for the duration of the meal., following this lecture, his …

verb

Present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail.

Usage examples:

He was expounding a powerful argument

idiom

To speak angrily to someone because they have done something you disapprove of

Usage examples:

He was hauled over the coals for coming in late for work.

verb

Criticize (someone or something) harshly.

Usage examples:

They lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth

verb

To criticize someone or something severely

Usage examples:

His first novel was lambasted by the critics.

verb

Harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to.

Usage examples:

She constantly nags her daughter about getting married

noun

A person who nags someone.

Usage examples:

We don't want to be perceived as nags or, worse still, incompetent.

noun

A horse, especially one that is old or in poor health.

Usage examples:

The old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty

verb

Express one's opinions in a pompous and dogmatic way.

Usage examples:

He was pontificating about art and history

noun

(in the roman catholic church) the office or period of office of a pope or bishop.

Usage examples:

Pope gregory viii enjoyed only a ten-week pontificate

verb

To speak in an important manner as if only your opinion was correct

Usage examples:

Experts get on the tube and pontificate about the economy.

verb

Preach or moralize tediously.

Usage examples:

He's a fund-raiser as well as a minister, but he's a preacher who doesn't preachify

verb

Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.

Usage examples:

She had rebuked him for drinking too much

noun

An expression of sharp disapproval or criticism.

Usage examples:

He hadn't meant it as a rebuke, but neil flinched

verb

To criticize someone strongly because you disapprove of what the person has said or done

Usage examples:

He was publicly rebuked for his involvement in the scandal., [ c ] a sharp rebuke

noun

A formal expression of disapproval.

Usage examples:

The golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules

verb

Address a reprimand to.

Usage examples:

Officials were reprimanded for poor work

verb

To tell someone, esp. officially, that his or her behavior is wrong and not acceptable

Usage examples:

The committee reprimanded and censured him for his uncooperative attitude., his boss gave him a sev…

verb

Express to (someone) one's disapproval of or disappointment in their actions.

Usage examples:

Her friends reproached her for not thinking enough about her family

noun

The expression of disapproval or disappointment.

Usage examples:

He gave her a look of reproach

verb

Reprimand (someone).

Usage examples:

He was reproved for obscenity

verb

To tell someone that you disapprove of their bad or silly behaviour

Usage examples:

The teacher gently reproved the boys for not paying attention.

verb

Remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

Mum took anna away, scolding her for her bad behaviour

noun

A person who nags or grumbles constantly (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

His mother was the village scold

verb

Censure severely or angrily

verb

Compose or deliver a sermon.

Usage examples:

At the time of the framing, by contrast, preachers were instrumental in instituting the rule of law…

verb

Say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling.

Usage examples:

In his agitation he was unable to speak

combining form

Forming nouns denoting a manner of speaking, characteristic of a specified field or group.

Usage examples:

Technospeak

verb

Deliver a speech, especially in a tedious or pompous way.

Usage examples:

Writers should write, not speechify

verb

To give a speech, especially in a boring way or in a way that shows you think you are important

noun

A tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured.

Usage examples:

A teapot with a chipped spout

verb

Send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream.

Usage examples:

Volcanoes spouted ash and lava

verb

To send out liquid or flames quickly and with force, or of liquid or flame to flow quickly

Usage examples:

[ t ] the volcano spouted flames and red-hot rocks., [ t ] the man was spouting nonsense about peop…

verb

Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.

Usage examples:

The two men talked

noun

Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion.

Usage examples:

There was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk

verb

Find fault with (someone); scold.

Usage examples:

He was upbraided for his slovenly appearance