 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rebuke
noun: an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to
take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {reproof},
{reproval}, {reprehension}, {reprimand}]
verb: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
for bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rag},
{trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress
down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out},
{remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste},
{lambast}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rebuke \Re*buke"\ (r[-e]*b[=u]k"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Rebuked}
(r[-e]*b[=u]kt"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebuking}.] [OF.
rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref.
re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if
so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to
stop, obstruct.]
To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by
expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and
summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. --Dryden.
Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence.
See {Reprove}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rebuke \Re*buke"\ (r[-e]*b[=u]k"), noun
1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also,
chastisement; punishment.
For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. --Jer. xv. 15.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? --Shak.
2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
{To be without rebuke}, to live without giving cause of
reproof or censure; to be blameless.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "rebuke":
admonish, admonishment, admonition, bawl out, berate, berating,
blowing up, bring to book, call down, call to account, carpet,
castigate, castigation, censure, chastise, chastisement, chew out,
chide, chiding, correct, correction, criticism, criticize,
dress down, dressing down, dressing-down, earful, have words with,
hell, lecture, lesson, objurgate, objurgation, rap, rate, rating,
reprehend, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof,
reproval, reprove, revile, revilement, scold, scolding, sermon,
set down, set straight, spank, spanking, straighten out, take down,
take to task, talking-to, tick, tongue-lashing, upbraid,
upbraiding, what for, wig
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