rebuke
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rebuke
- /ɹiˈbjuːk/
- /ɹɪˈbjuːk/
Rhymes with -uːk
Where it comes from
From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.
noun rebukes
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A harsh criticism.
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.
Similar: reproach, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand, admonition
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reproof, reproval, reprimand, reprehension, chide, dress down, lambaste, berate, chew out, remonstrate, have words, bawl out, rag, scold, chew up, lecture
Translations
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noun harsh criticism
| Español | reproche, reprensión, reprimenda, reprobación, regañina, regaño |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 苛责 kēzé |
| Português | bronca, crítica, repreensão, censura |
| Français | reproche, réprimande |
| Deutsch | Tadel, Anschiss, Rüge, Schelte, Zurechtweisung, Vorhaltung |
| Italiano | rimbrotto, reprimenda, rimprovero, richiamo, ammonimento, disappunto |
| Ελληνικά | μομφή momfí, επίπληξη epíplixi, παρατήρηση paratírisi |
| Русский | вы́говор výgovor, уко́р ukór, упрёк uprjók |
verb to criticise harshly; to reprove
| Español | regañar, reprochar, reprender, reprobar, retar, reprehender |
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| 한국어 | 힐책하다 hilchaekhada, 질책하다 jilchaekhada, 비난하다 binanhada |
| 日本語 | 叱責する shisseki-suru, 叱る shikaru, 非難する hinan suru |
| 中文 | 訓斥 /训斥 xùnchì, 指責 /指责 zhǐzé, 非難 /非难 fēinàn, 譴責 /谴责 qiǎnzé, 罵 /骂 mà, 叱 chì |
| Kiswahili | kukemea, kulaumu |
| Português | repreender, censurar, criticar, incriminar |
| Français | reprendre, réprimander, gronder, désapprouver, reprocher (s.o. for sth.: qqch. à qqn), tancer |
| Deutsch | tadeln, schimpfen mit, ausschimpfen, schelten, ermahnen, mahnen |
| Italiano | rimbrottare, rimproverare, riprendere, richiamare, ammonire, sgridare |
| Ελληνικά | μέμφομαι mémfomai, επιπλήττω epiplítto, αποπαίρνω apopaírno, επιτιμώ epitimó |
| Română | mustra, certa |
| Русский | отчи́тывать otčítyvatʹ, отчита́ть otčitátʹ, упрека́ть uprekátʹ, упрекну́ть upreknútʹ, де́лать вы́говор délatʹ výgovor, руга́ть rugátʹ |
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title = {rebuke},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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