Rebuke
[rɪ'bjuːk] or [rɪ'bjʊk]
Definition
(noun.) an act or expression of criticism and censure; 'he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face'.
Checker: Willa--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
(n.) Check; rebuff.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Censure (somewhat passionately), REPROVE, reprimand, chide, reprehend, admonish, blame, upbraid, lecture, scold, scold at, find fault with, BLOW UP.
n. Censure (given impulsively), reprimand, remonstrance, expostulation, REPROOF, reproval, reprehension, animadversion, blame, reproach.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Reprove, chide, rebuff, reprimand, censure
ANT:Approve, encourage, eulogize, applaud, incite
Editor: Randolph
Definition
v.t. to check with reproof: to chide or reprove: (B.) to chasten.—n. direct reproof: reprimand: reprobation: (B.) chastisement: a severe check.—adjs. Rebūk′able; Rebuke′ful.—adv. Rebuke′fully.—n. Rebūk′er.—adv. Rebūk′ingly.
Typist: Tabitha
Examples
- Amy stood a minute, turning the leaves in her hand, reading on each some sweet rebuke for all heartburnings and uncharitableness of spirit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I felt the earnestness with which he spoke--felt it as a friendly rebuke to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This critic concludes with a gentle rebuke to the inventor for ill-timed jesting, and a suggestion to furnish AUTHENTIC information! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I know its appearance would cause me as much heart-burning as my youthful horse-trade, or the later rebuke for wearing uniform clothes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Here Mrs. Bulstrode fixed her eyes on him, with an unmistakable purpose of warning, if not of rebuke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I acknowledge, he said, the justice of your rebuke. Plato. The Republic.
- Was there not the geography of Asia Minor, in which her slackness had often been rebuked by Mr. Casaubon? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So Amelia gave Dobbin her little hand as she got out of the carriage, and rebuked him smilingly for not having taken any notice of her all night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And now, Socrates, as you rebuked the vulgar manner in which I praised astronomy before, my praise shall be given in your own spirit. Plato. The Republic.
- Sinners told their sins to the pure-hearted old man and were both rebuked and saved. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- That gentleman rose up with an oath and rebuked Rawdon for his language. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And even he was glad to be checked, rebuked, held back. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The memory of his almost countless services, and lofty and affectionate regard, now presented itself to her and rebuked her day and night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Joe Scott proceeded with his rebukes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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