Verb

• S: (v) admonish, reprove, reproof (take to task) "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws) "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame

Adjective

• S: (adj) admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving (expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective)