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The Meaning of rebuke
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(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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(n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
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(n.) Check; rebuff.
Synonyms
reproof
,
reproval
,
reprehension
,
reprimand
,
call on the carpet
,
take to task
,
rag
,
trounce
,
reproof
,
lecture
,
reprimand
,
jaw
,
dress down
,
call down
,
scold
,
chide
,
berate
,
bawl out
,
remonstrate
,
chew out
,
chew up
,
have words
,
lambaste
,
lambast
Rhymes
archduke
,
baruch
,
boock
,
brueck
,
chook
,
dubuque
,
duke
,
duque
,
dziuk
,
farouk
,
fluke
,
fuke
,
glueck
,
hoock
,
juke
,
kook
,
louque
,
luc
,
luecke
,
luick
,
luke
,
luque
,
mameluke
,
muecke
,
nuke
,
puke
,
souk
,
spook
,
spruik
,
steuck
,
stook
,
stueck
,
tuk
,
wouk