All 4 Uses of
reprimand
in
Jane Eyre
- This state of things should have been to me a paradise of peace, accustomed as I was to a life of ceaseless reprimand and thankless fagging; but, in fact, my racked nerves were now in such a state that no calm could soothe, and no pleasure excite them agreeably.†
Chpt 3 *
- On reaching the bedroom, we heard the voice of Miss Scatcherd: she was examining drawers; she had just pulled out Helen Burns's, and when we entered Helen was greeted with a sharp reprimand, and told that to-morrow she should have half-a-dozen of untidily folded articles pinned to her shoulder.†
Chpt 8
- I was not reprimanded for leaving my bed; people had something else to think about; no explanation was afforded then to my many questions; but a day or two afterwards I learned that Miss Temple, on returning to her own room at dawn, had found me laid in the little crib; my face against Helen Burns's shoulder, my arms round her neck.†
Chpt 9
- I did not need to be guided to the well-known room, to which I had so often been summoned for chastisement or reprimand in former days.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(reprimand) to criticize someone by telling them what they did wrong -- often in a formal manner