adjective
- giving or serving as a warning; admonishing
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The teacher’s monishing tone made the students pay attention.
- He gave her a monishing look when she started to interrupt.
- The monishing letter from the principal warned of consequences.
- Her monishing words echoed in his mind all day.
- The judge’s monishing remarks served as a final warning.
- The monishing gesture silenced the rowdy crowd.