Definition of rebuke

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Rebuke (v. t.) 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..

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Frown :: Frown (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence..
Unrebukable :: Unrebukable (a.) Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless.
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
Scold :: Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity..
Scold :: Scold (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant..
Tart :: Tart (v. t.) Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke..
Sneap :: Sneap (v. t.) To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke..
Rebukingly :: Rebukingly (adv.) By way of rebuke.
Snub :: Snub (n.) A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
Tush :: Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it..
Lesson :: Lesson (n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
Increpate :: Increpate (v. t.) To chide; to rebuke; to reprove.
Sneap :: Sneap (n.) A reprimand; a rebuke.
Frown :: Frown (n.) A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..
Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) 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..
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