Synonyms for warned

Grammar : Adj

Spell : wawrn

Phonetic Transcription : wɔrn

Définition of warned

Origin : Old English warnian "to give notice of impending danger," also intransitive, "to take heed," from West Germanic *warnojanan (cf. Old Norse varna "to admonish," Old High German warnon "to take heed," German warnen "to warn"); related to Old English wær "aware, cautious" (see wary). Related: Warned; warning.

adj made aware
adj admonished

Example sentences :

When large shipments of gold were to be made, for instance, he was often warned beforehand.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

I think I should have warned you of that before you took the room.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But that night the camp was warned that an attack was probable.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Maria had warned her not to waken her grandfather, so she admired it in whispers.
Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston

Her fears had been solely for my safety, and she had warned me!
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

She would have, he warned her, to be very nice to his political friends.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Don't forget I've warned you what'll happen if you try to break even with me.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

I warned you how it would be,—your own selfishness will betray and ruin you.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Peppajee kept on his trail till he got that snake bite, and he warned me a plenty.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

The aunt warned me; that Conway woman warned me; the Jasmine Lady warned me.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

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