All 3 Uses of
reprimand
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- I saw my grandmother lose her mind in pieces like that; when she was so old that she could remember almost nothing—certainly not Owen Meany, and not even me—she would occasionally reprimand the whole room, and anyone present in it.†
p. 30.2 *reprimand = criticize
- Naturally, my pleas regarding the inevitable, grandmotherly reprimand were not only unheeded; they went as unnoticed as Owen Meany, who stood with his hands clasped behind his back, the sun from the attic skylight shining through his protrusive ears, which were a glowing pink—the sunlight so bright that the tiny veins and blood vessels in his ears appeared to be illuminated from within The powerful morning sun struck Owen's head from above, and from a little behind him, so that the light itself seemed to be presenting him.†
p. 71.8
- Grandmother suffered ambivalent feelings every Fourth of July; she was patriotic enough to stand on her doorstep waving a small American flag—the flag itself was not any larger than the palm of her hand—but at the same time, she frowned upon all the ruckus; she frequently reprimanded the children who rode their bicycles across her lawn, and she shouted at the dogs to stop their fool barking.†
p. 585.2reprimanded = criticized
Definition:
to criticize someone by telling them what they did wrong -- often in a formal manner