All 7 Uses
admonish
in
The Magic Mountain
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- "My good engineer," Settembrini said, angrily admonishing him, "pull yourself together and leave me out of such depraved nonsense.†
Chpt 3.9admonishing = expressing disapproval; or warning or advising
- He spoke of hidden suffering, of shame and affliction, of the redemptive effects of analysis; he praised the effects of light piercing the dark unconscious, explained that illness could be transformed again into conscious emotion, admonished them to trust, promised recovery.†
Chpt 4.6admonished = expressed disapproval; or warned or advised
- "My, my, my," Frau Stohr said, admonishing him with a stubby red finger waved in the vicinity of her nose.†
Chpt 4.10 *admonishing = expressing disapproval; or warning or advising
- When after ten minutes Leila showed signs of fatigue, or, to be more precise, of over-excitement—her rosy cheeks turned redder, her forget-me-not eyes took on an alarming gleam—and Sister Alfreda began to signal with admonishing glances, the cousins took their leave; Frau Gerngross accompanied them out into the hall, where she broke into self-recriminations that had an odd effect on Hans Castorp.†
Chpt 5.8
- She actually admonished Joachim not to be so obstinate, but to show some humility and to see in her, Karoline Stohr, an example of faithful perseverance, of pure willpower: the way she denied herself the pleasure of running the show at home as a housewife in Cannstatt, in order that someday she might be restored whole to her husband, a completely cured wife.†
Chpt 6.1admonished = expressed disapproval; or warned or advised
- And driven into a corner, there was nothing the priest could do except admonish him to pray for his soul to find peace—"ut in aliquem gradum quietis in anima perveniat."†
Chpt 6.6admonish = express disapproval; or warn or advise
- "Yes-yes-yes-yes!" he might say, waving an admonishing finger at them, while turning his head away with a droll smile playing on his ragged lips.†
Chpt 7.4admonishing = expressing disapproval; or warning or advising
Definitions:
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(1)
(admonish) to express disapproval to someone of their actions; or to warn or advise someone -- sometimes in a friendly way
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)