admonitory

ad·mon·i·to·ry

adj \əd-ˈmä-nə-ˌtȯr-ē\

Definition of ADMONITORY

: expressing admonition : warning

— ad·mon·i·to·ri·ly \-ˌmä-nə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē\ adverb

Examples of ADMONITORY

1. <admonitory articles abound around Halloween, warning parents of the hazards of trick-or-treating>

First Known Use of ADMONITORY

1594

Related to ADMONITORY

Synonyms: admonishing, cautionary, cautioning, exemplary, monitory, premonitory, warning

Related Words: didactic, moralistic, moralizing; advisory, counseling (or counselling); punishing, punitive

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Rhymes with ADMONITORY

accusatory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory