rebuke
verb (used with object)
to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
rebuker
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a word derived from
rebuke.
Example Sentences
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The faithful rebuker, the merciful inflicter of pain, is the truest friend of the wrongdoer.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
Was it so, Miss Ashton?” and Kate made up a face which a sterner rebuker than her teacher could not have seen without a smile.
From Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story by Mrs. S. S. Robbins
You who fancy that it is a fine thing, and a paying profession, to be a preacher of righteousness and a rebuker of sin, look at Jeremiah, and judge!
From Sermons on National Subjects by Charles Kingsley
I never took myself for a rebuker, much less for a reformer of states and kingdoms.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
They bolt me to the billiard-room, Where chaps are playing five-bob snooker; They see me dodging from the doom, They heed no threats and no rebuker; "We've got thee now," they say, "ba goom!"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 by Various
