12
warning(noun, verb, adjective, warning, threatening)
8
admonitory(adjective, warning, threatening, warn, ominous)
7
monitory(adjective, warning, threatening, warn, cautionary)
6
reproachful
6
reproving
5
advising(verb, advising, cautioning)
5
cautionary(adjective, warning, threatening, warn)
5
cautioning(noun, verb, threatening, advising, cautionary)
5
forewarning(noun, verb, adjective, threatening, cautioning)
5
threatening(verb, adjective, threatening, cautionary)
4
exemplary(adjective, threatening, cautionary)
3
blaming(verb, disapproving)
3
censuring(verb, disapproving)
3
didactic
3
discouraging(verb, dissuading)
3
exhorting(verb, cautioning)
3
foreboding(verb, adjective, threatening)
3
intimidating(verb, adjective, threatening, dissuading)
2
alerting(verb, cautioning)
2
browbeating(verb, adjective, threatening)
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