objurgate
UK /ˈɒbd͡ʒə(ɹ)ɡeɪt/ US /ˈɒbd͡ʒə(ɹ)ɡeɪt/
verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To rebuke or scold strongly.
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.[…]
When he saw his servant he rushed forward, and pressing the paper on him objurgated him, in tones which induced Ali to think that something awful had happened, to hurry up and get the whale-boat ready to go immediately—at once, at once—after Captain Lingard.
2
To remonstrate, complain, to rail against.
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