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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Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) Check; rebuff.
Frown :: Frown (n.) A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl..
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
Rebuked :: Rebuked (imp. & p. p.) of Rebuk.
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..
Rebukable :: Rebukable (a.) Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
Unrebukable :: Unrebukable (a.) Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless.
Cuttystool :: Cuttystool (n.) A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister..
Rebukeful :: Rebukeful (a.) Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.
Increpate :: Increpate (v. t.) To chide; to rebuke; to reprove.
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..
Increpation :: Increpation (n.) A chiding; rebuke; reproof.
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..
Chide :: Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove..
Rebukingly :: Rebukingly (adv.) By way of rebuke.
Rebuker :: Rebuker (n.) One who rebukes.
Wig :: Wig (v. t.) To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
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