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Verb: objurgate  'óbjur`geyt
  1. Express strong disapproval of
    - condemn, reprobate, decry, excoriate
     
  2. Censure severely
    - chastise, castigate, chasten, correct

Derived forms: objurgated, objurgates, objurgating

See also: objurgation

Type of: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet [US], chew out, chew up, chide, denounce, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, ream [N. Amer], rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce

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