1. harsh criticism or verbal rebuke; a severe scolding
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The senator’s objurgation of the proposed bill was both passionate and detailed.
• After the team’s poor performance, the coach delivered a stern objurgation in the locker room.
• Her objurgation of the company’s environmental practices made headlines.
• The editorial was less analysis than objurgation of current policies.
• He endured his mother’s objurgation about his poor grades in silence.
• The professor’s objurgation of plagiarism served as a warning to all students.