Definition of rebuke

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Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..

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Increpation :: Increpation (n.) A chiding; rebuke; reproof.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke..
Cuttystool :: Cuttystool (n.) A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister..
Outspoken :: Outspoken (a.) Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke..
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..
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..
Wig :: Wig (v. t.) To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
Rebukeful :: Rebukeful (a.) Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.
Remord :: Remord (v. t.) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
Rebuker :: Rebuker (n.) One who rebukes.
Lesson :: Lesson (n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) Check; rebuff.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
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..
Increpate :: Increpate (v. t.) To chide; to rebuke; to reprove.
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..
Frown :: Frown (n.) A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl..
Tush :: Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it..
Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check..
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