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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Outspoken :: Outspoken (a.) Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke..
Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat..
Rebukeful :: Rebukeful (a.) Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.
Wig :: Wig (v. t.) To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
Increpate :: Increpate (v. t.) To chide; to rebuke; to reprove.
Rebukingly :: Rebukingly (adv.) By way of rebuke.
Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
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..
Lesson :: Lesson (n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
Cuttystool :: Cuttystool (n.) A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister..
Increpation :: Increpation (n.) A chiding; rebuke; reproof.
Remord :: Remord (v. t.) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
Scold :: Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..
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..
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check..
Rebuker :: Rebuker (n.) One who rebukes.
Stingless :: Stinging (a.) Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke..
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.
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