Monishing [verb]
Definition of Monishing:
reprimand; criticize harshly
Synonyms of Monishing:
● Scold
● Chide
● Berate
● Admonish
● Upbraid
● Censure
● Oppose
● Reproach
● Read
● Pay
● Rake
● Rip
● Blame
● Lecture
● Lesson
● Reprove
● Fry
● Zap
● Bawl out
● Chew out
● Lay into
● Tell off
● Go after
● Jawbone
● Carp on
● Jump on
● Lean on
● Sit on
● Tick off
Sentence/Example of Monishing:
Mishter Newland, you vash a gentleman, you vill pay me my monish.
Vill you pay me my monish, Mr Newland, or vill you go to prison?
I must not lose my monish, and I shall lose it if you do not sign.
Dis voman called at my shtore yesterday, and begged me for monish.
Vengeance is but de breath of de vind; it blow for you one day, it blow against you de next; de only real good is monish.
Mishter Vochan, theresh not a black wench in the island worth half the monish.
He replied: “Colonel, the monish is not good, it is one Erie and Kalamazoo monish.”
I say first, petter all de boys put zair pursh into Van Holp's monish.
It is Friday night, his Sabbath has already commenced, he can do no business—make no monish—to-night.
Dey comes here and asks for charity and credit, shust as if a man vas made of monish.