From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker, from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier, from busche, from Vulgar Latin *busca, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz; equivalent to re- + bush.

• IPA: /ɹiˈbjuːk/, /ɹɪˈbjuːk/

rebuke (plural rebukes)

1. (of a person) A harsh criticism.

• reproach, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand, admonition

• French: reproche, réprimande
• German: Tadel, Anschiss, Rüge, Schelte, Zurechtweisung, Vorhaltung
• Italian: rimbrotto, reprimenda, rimprovero, richiamo, ammonimento, disappunto, rampogna
• Portuguese: bronca, crítica, repreensão, censura
• Russian: вы́говор
• Spanish: reproche, reprensión, reprimenda, reprobación, regañina, regaño (colloquial)

rebuke (rebukes, present participle rebuking; simple past and past participle rebuked)

1. (of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.

   Synonyms: reprimand, reproach, reprove, reprehend, admonish, Thesaurus:criticize

   • 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, 6:(please specify the verse(s)) ↗:

     O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

• French: reprendre, réprimander, gronder, désapprouver, reprocher (s.o. for sth.: qqch. à qqn), (literary) tancer, (colloquial) engueuler, (informal) mettre une chasse, (informal) passer un savon, (colloquial) pourrir, gourmander, chapitrer
• German: tadeln, schimpfen mit, ausschimpfen, schelten, ermahnen, mahnen, abmahnen, warnen, rüffeln, zurechtweisen, rügen, maßregeln, Vorwürfe machen, Ärger machen, Vorhaltungen machen, einen Verweis erteilen, verwarnen, abkanzeln, verwarnen, verweisen
• Italian: rimbrottare, rimproverare, riprendere, richiamare, ammonire, sgridare
• Portuguese: repreender, censurar, criticar, incriminar
• Russian: отчи́тывать
• Spanish: regañar, reprochar, reprender, reprobar, retar (colloquial)