rebuke
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Related Words
See reproach.
Other Word Forms
- rebukable adjective
- rebuker noun
- rebukingly adverb
- unrebukable adjective
- unrebuked adjective
Etymology
Origin of rebuke
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English rebuken (verb), from Anglo-French rebuker ( Old French rebuchier ) “to beat back,” equivalent to re- re- + bucher “to beat, strike,” from Germanic
Example Sentences
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The outpouring prompted the federal government to issue a scathing rebuke of the Bom and order immediate changes to the site.
From BBC
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday also drew a rebuke from Damascus and others in the region after visiting Israeli troops deployed in a buffer zone inside Syria.
From Barron's
The Hilton hotel group was rebuked over two adverts, one reading "Hampton by Hilton Hamilton Park From £68", and the other advertising stays in Newcastle from £59.
From BBC
Still, the abuse directed at Takaichi in one instance drew a rebuke from U.S.
The decline isn’t necessarily a rebuke to Furner, who by all accounts is well regarded by Wall Street.
From Barron's
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