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rebuke Definition


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rebuke
verb
    rebuked, rebuking
    1. To speak severely to someone because they have done wrong; to reprimand.
      Thesaurus: scold, reprimand, chide, reprove, admonish, berate, upbraid, reprehend, blame, castigate, censure, chastise; Antonym: compliment, praise.
noun
    1. A stern reprimand or reproach.
      Thesaurus: reproach, condemnation, admonition, castigation, blame, censure, chastisement, tongue-lashing, dressing-down, reprimand; Antonym: compliment, praise.
Derivative: rebukable
adj
    Derivative: rebuker
    noun
      Derivative: rebukingly
      adverb
        Etymology: 14c: from French rebuker, from bucher to beat, strike.



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