Adjective

1. admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(prenominal), dissuasive (vs. persuasive)

usage: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"

2. admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving, unfavorable (vs. favorable), unfavourable

usage: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

See also: admonitory (Dictionary)