rebuke

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹiˈbjuːk/, /ɹɪˈbjuːk/

Noun

rebuke (plural rebukes)

1. A harsh criticism.
   • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track ↗

     There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.

Synonyms

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

Translations

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

Verb

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

1. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

   O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. (Psalm 6, BSB)

Synonyms

• reprimand, reproach, reprove, reprehend, admonish, criticise, berate, scold
• See also Thesaurus:criticize

Translations

• 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, esprimere il proprio disappunto, gridare
• Portuguese: repreender, censurar, criticar, incriminar
• Russian: отчи́тывать
• Spanish: regañar, reprochar, reprender, reprobar, retar (colloquial)

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