objurgate

/ˌɑbdʒərˈgeɪt/

Other forms: objurgated; objurgating; objurgates

How dare you! To objurgate is to scold or reprimand. Don’t objurgate yourself, or beat yourself up if you didn’t know it — it’s an old word that people don’t use much anymore.

To scold — or to express your disgust and condemnation of — is to objurgate, although this useful word has become quite rare. You're more likely to hear someone use words like castigate or reprimand these days. Objurgate comes directly from the Latin obiurgare, "to chide or rebuke."

Definitions of objurgate

1. verb

   censure severely
   synonyms: castigate, chasten, chastise, correct

   types:

   flame

   criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium

   type of:

   bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scathe, scold, take to task, trounce, vituperate

   censure severely or angrily
2. verb

   express strong disapproval of
   synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, reprobate

   type of:

   denounce

   speak out against