lecturing [lek-cher]
Main Entry:
lecture [lek-cher]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give a lesson, speech
Synonyms: address, declaim, deliver, discourse, expound, get on a soapbox, give a talk, harangue, hold forth, orate, prelect, recite, speak, spiel*, spout, talk, teach
Main Entry: address
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: speak to a formal gathering
Synonyms: approach, bespeak, call, deliver speech, deliver talk, discourse, discuss, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, greet, hail, lecture, memorialize, orate, pitch, pontificate, root for, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump, take the floor, talk
Main Entry: censure
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: condemn; criticize severely
Synonyms: abuse, admonish, animadvert, asperse, attack, backbite, berate, blame, carp at, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, exprobate, find fault with, get after, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, look askance, ostracize, pick apart, pull apart, read out, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tear apart, tell off, upbraid
Notes: to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn
Antonyms: allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction
Main Entry: declaim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: proclaim; get on a soapbox
Synonyms: attack, bloviate, blow hot air, declare, decry, denounce, harangue, hold forth, inveigh, lecture, mouth, orate, perorate, pile it on, proclaim, rail, rant, recite, soapbox, speak, spiel*, spout, talk big
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give instructions; teach
Synonyms: address, advise, bid, charge, command, deliver, dictate, enjoin, give directions, give orders, inform, instruct, lecture, order, read, tell, warn
Antonyms: misguide, mislead
Main Entry: discourse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: discuss, speak about
Synonyms: argue, chew*, comment, commentate, confab, confer, converse, debate, declaim, descant, develop, dilate upon, dispute, dissert, dissertate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, give a meeting, harangue, hold forth, lecture, modulate, orate, perorate, remark, sermonize, talk, treat, voice
Antonyms: be quiet
Main Entry: instruct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: inform, teach
Synonyms: acquaint, advise, apprise, brainwash*, break in, break it to, brief, clue in, coach, counsel, discipline, disclose, drill, drum into, educate, engineer, enlighten, give lessons, ground, guide, keep posted, lead, lecture, level, notify, pilot, reveal, school, steer, tell, train, tutor, update, wise up
Antonyms: learn
Main Entry: jaw
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: talk a lot
Synonyms: babble, chat, chatter, gab, gossip, jabber, lecture, orate, prate, prattle, yak
Antonyms: be quiet
Main Entry: moralize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: preach
Synonyms: admonish, edify, lecture, pass judgment, pontificate, pontify, preachify, sermonize, teach
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