All 5 Uses
reprimand
in
Gone with the Wind
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- He could not bear to see a slave pouting under a reprimand, no matter how well deserved, or hear a kitten mewing or a child crying; but he had a horror of having this weakness discovered.†
Chpt 1.2 *reprimand = criticize
- It annoyed her that her quick reprimands brought such acute fright to his round eyes, for he looked so simple minded when he was frightened.†
Chpt 3.25reprimands = criticizes
- In other days she would have been forced at least to reprimand him severely.†
Chpt 3.28reprimand = criticize
- He only laughed and would not permit Scarlett even to slap the little girl's hand by way of reprimand.†
Chpt 5.59
- He was her god, the center of her small world, and that was too precious for him to risk losing by reprimands.†
Chpt 5.59reprimands = criticizes
Definitions:
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(1)
(reprimand) to criticize someone by telling them what they did wrong -- often in a formal manner
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)