different between objurgatory vs objurgate

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?d????.??.t?.?i/

Adjective

objurgatory (comparative more objurgatory, superlative most objurgatory)

1. Strongly rebuking or scolding.

English

Etymology

From Latin obi?rg?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bd??(?)?e?t/

Verb

objurgate (third-person singular simple present objurgates, present participle objurgating, simple past and past participle objurgated)

1. (transitive) To rebuke or scold strongly.
   • 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima.

     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. Why hadn't he come straight to him—whatever the mysterious document was—instead of talking it over with French featherheads?

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Related terms

• objurgation
• objurgative
• objurgatively
• objurgatory

Translations

Latin

Verb

obj?rg?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of obj?rg?