objurgate
verbUK /ˈɒbd͡ʒəɡeɪt/ · US /ˈɑbd͡ʒəɹɡeɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin obiūrgātus, perfect passive participle of obiūrgō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ob- (“to, against”) + iūrgō (“to dispute, chide”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.
1
To rebuke or scold strongly.
- He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust.[…]1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, volume 3, London: Macmillan and Co., page 190:
- When he saw his servant he rushed forward, and pressing the paper on him objurgated him, in tones which induced Ali to think that something awful had happened, to hurry up and get the whale-boat ready to go immediately—at once, at once—after Captain Lingard.1896, Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC:
1 more example
- Mulcachy was disgusted. “Listen to reason, won’t you?” he objurgated, as, this time, the reason he referred to was the introduction of the ring clear through both nostrils, higher up, and through the central dividing wall of cartilage.1917, Jack London, chapter XXXIII, in Michael, Brother of Jerry:
2
To remonstrate, complain, to rail against.
- Related terms
- objurgation, objurgative, objurgatively, objurgatory