English Explanatory Dictionary

rebuke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A harsh criticism.
verb
  1. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

Pronunciation

/ɹiˈbjuːk/ /ɹɪˈbjuːk/ en-us-rebuke.ogg

Word forms

rebuke rebukes rebuking rebuked

Etymology

From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.

Synonyms

reproach reproof reproval reprehension reprimand admonition reprove reprehend admonish animadvert bash bawl out slash lash blame scorch blast berate berisp castigate censure charge chastise chew out chide condemn criticize denounce denunciate deprecate derogate dispraise drag dress down eat someone alive excoriate find fault fulminate get at get down get up give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for inveigh lace into lambaste lay into lecture light into objurgate pooh-pooh put someone on blast rate read somebody the riot act rebuke rip into rubbish savage scold skewer

Derived words

rebukeful rebukable rebukement rebuker rebukingly unrebuked unrebuking
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