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/ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/ · noun
A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public..
Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
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:
Use reprimand when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reprimand means A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public..
Common synonyms include rebuke, chide, berate, scold.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
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