transitive verb

Warn or reprimand someone firmly.

she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven

reprimand,rebuke,scold,reprove,upbraid,chastise,chide,censure,castigate,lambast,berate,reproach,lecture,criticize,take to task,pull up,read the Riot Act to,give a piece of one’s mind to,haul over the coals