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reprimand
English
Etymology
From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) (noun) IPA(key): /???p??m??nd/
- (Received Pronunciation) (verb) IPA(key): /???p??m??nd/, /??p???m??nd/
- Rhymes: -??nd
- (General American) (noun) IPA(key): /???p.???mænd/
- (General American) (verb) IPA(key): /???p.???mænd/, /???p.???mænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Noun
reprimand (plural reprimands)
- A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
Translations
Verb
reprimand (third-person singular simple present reprimands, present participle reprimanding, simple past and past participle reprimanded)
- To reprove in a formal or official way.
- 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
- He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:
- 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Translations
See also
- admonish
- admonition
- rebuke
- reprehend
- reprehension
- reproof
- reproval
- reprove
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repulse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repulsus, from repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”).
For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p?ls/
Verb
repulse (third-person singular simple present repulses, present participle repulsing, simple past and past participle repulsed)
- (transitive) To repel or drive back.
- to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
- (transitive) To reject or rebuff.
- to repulse a suitor
- (transitive) To cause revulsion in.
- The smell of rotting food repulsed me.
- I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.
Translations
Noun
repulse (plural repulses)
- the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
- refusal, rejection or repulsion
Related terms
- repel
- repellent
- repulsion
- repulsive
- pulse
Further reading
- repulse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- repulse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- repulse at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Slurpee, pelures, perules
Italian
Verb
repulse
- third-person singular past historic of repellere
Noun
repulse
- plural of repulso
Anagrams
- preluse
- presule
Latin
Participle
repulse
- vocative masculine singular of repulsus
Spanish
Verb
repulse
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of repulsar.
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