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Synonyms for warn
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
warn
To censure is to pronounce an adverse judgment that may or may not be expressed to the person censured; to reprove is to censure authoritatively, openly, and directly to the face of the person reproved; to rebuke is to reprove with sharpness, and often with abruptness, usually in the midst of some action or course of action deemed censurable; to reprimand is to reprove officially; to blame is a familiar word signifying to pass censure upon, make answerable, as for a fault; blame and censure apply either to persons or acts; reprove and rebuke are applied chiefly, and reprimand exclusively to persons. To reproach is to censure openly and vehemently, and with intense personal feeling as of grief or anger; as, to reproach one for ingratitude; reproach knows no distinction of rank or character; a subject may reproach a king or a criminal judge. To expostulate or remonstrate with is to mingle reasoning and appeal with censure in the hope of winning one from his evil way, expostulate being the gentler, remonstrate the severer word. Admonish is the mildest of reproving words, and may even be used of giving a caution or warning where no wrong is implied, or of simply reminding of duty which might be forgotten. Censure, rebuke, and reprove apply to wrong that has been done; warn and admonish refer to anticipated error or fault. When one is admonished because of wrong already done, the view is still future, that he may not repeat or continue in the wrong. Compare CONDEMN; REPROOF.
Synonyms:
admonish, blame, censure, chasten, check, chide, condemn, expostulate with, find fault with, rebuke, remonstrate with, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, take to task, upbraidAntonyms:
abet, applaud, approve, cheer, countenance, encourage, impel, incite, instigate, urge on
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Princeton's WordNet
warnverb
notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
"The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"
Synonyms:
monish, admonish, discouragewarn, discourage, admonish, monishverb
admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
"I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
Synonyms:
reprove, monish, admonish, deter, caution, discouragewarnverb
ask to go away
"The old man warned the children off his property"
Synonyms:
monish, admonish, discouragewarnverb
notify, usually in advance
"I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
Synonyms:
monish, admonish, discourage
Dictionary of English Synonymes
warnverb
Synonyms:
caution (against danger), premonish, forewarn, exhort to take heedwarnverb
warnverb
Synonyms:
inform, notify, apprise, disclose to, mention to, communicate to, make aware, make acquainted, give notice towarnverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#272 | check | |
#1398 | warning | |
#2167 | prevent | |
#2450 | alert | |
#3265 | notify | |
#4148 | alarm | |
#7003 | warnings | |
#7096 | advise | |
#7199 | blame | |
#8403 | caution | |
#11327 | warn | |
#14449 | warns | |
#18159 | deter | |
#20138 | discourage | |
#21118 | condemn | |
#42143 | censure | |
#42903 | reproach | |
#44368 | reprimand | |
#45992 | rebuke | |
#63455 | dissuade | |
#98672 | admonish | |
#126122 | chide | |
#128551 | reprove | |
#223879 | forewarn | |
#244580 | upbraid | |
#246567 | chasten |
How to use warn in a sentence?
My mother was cooking. She saw him, like, coming full force at our living room, and she was trying to warn us as we were sitting on the couch, but it was too late and he had already come in and hit the window, and he drove through our living room.
I warn the government, if the Taliban overrun Lashkar Gah it will not be as easy to take it back as it was in Kunduz.
Sutherland Springs’s just not a problem to us, we know exactly where the family is, and Sutherland Springs’s not going to be long until we ’ll both be there, he said. And we’re really sort of looking forward to Sutherland Springs. Crystal Holcombes were upbeat and full of good humor during a telephone interview, and they are not an exception in this deeply evangelical part of Texas. What is so striking about relatives and friends of the 26 victims of the church shooting in Sutherland Springs is that they all believe good will come from this act of evil and that their loved ones are now safe for eternity, and breathing again, with God. Psychologists say such deep faith can help families deal with such a ghastly event. Even so, they warn that leaning too heavily on one’s religious beliefs can stunt the natural grieving period and result in post-traumatic stress later.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble:
I have to warn against exaggerated expectations, with our current low inflation rates, there will not be large amounts (of tax relief) coming out of this.
Seehofer has clearly positioned himself against the chancellor in the debate on refugees - I really hope he doesn't go on this trip, if Seehofer goes, he needs to warn the Russians that they need to stop the hybrid falsification of information and the undercover financing of radical right-wing networks.
Translations for warn
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- حذرArabic
- предупреждавамBulgarian
- advertir, avisarCatalan, Valencian
- varovatCzech
- варитиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- advareDanish
- verständigen, warnenGerman
- προειδοποιώGreek
- avertiEsperanto
- advertir, avisar, alertarSpanish
- hoiatamaEstonian
- varoittaaFinnish
- alerter, avertirFrench
- aðvaraIcelandic
- לְהַזהִירHebrew
- 警告する, 言い聞かせるJapanese
- moneōLatin
- verwittigen, waarschuwen, waarnenDutch
- advareNorwegian
- avisarPortuguese
- avertizaRomanian
- предостеречь, предостерегать, предупредить, предупреждатьRussian
- upozoriti, упозоритиSerbo-Croatian
- varna, förvarnaSwedish
- ashiriaSwahili
- попередитиUkrainian
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