Objurgate Meaning and Usage

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Meaning:

Verb.

to chide vehemently; to reprimand
to scold or rebuke sharply; berate.

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Derivatives:

objurgation - noun
objurgatorily - adverb
objurgatory - adjective
objurgative - adjective
objurgatively - adverb

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Use objurgate in a sentence:

1. The girls disliked those boys who objurgated the group.

2. I prefer dad's objurgation to Mom's berating me over the condition of my room.

3. He objurgated her for letting the boy out of her sight.

4. The man said something objurgatory under his breath, but forbore to continue the discussion.

5. “For a long time he refused to give a sign of life, till at last Decoud’s objurgations, and, perhaps more, Nostromo’s impatient suggestion that he should be thrown overboard, as he seemed to be dead, induced him to raise one eyelid first, and then the other.”

6. He didn't just berate me, he completely objurgated me!

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Synonyms:

abuse, berate, castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, chide, condemn, correct, criticize, decry, denounce, excoriate, execrate, flame, lambaste, lecture, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reproof, scold, trounce, upbraid, vituperate.

Antonyms:

praise, applaud, approve, commend, appreciate, eulogize.

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Do you know:

A chide is a very mild rebuke, almost in jest.

A reproach is not quite as mild though hardly harsh. If you are truly irritated, you will reproach someone but if you feel totally justified, then you can kick it on up to an upbraiding.

Finally, the ultimate degree of dressing someone down brings us to the word, objurgation (the noun).

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Origin:

This Word comes from Latin objurgare "to scold, rebuke" comprising ob- "against" and jurgare "to quarrel, sue, rebuke". Jurgare itself breaks down into jurare "to swear" (from which we get jury, injury, and jurisprudence)

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