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–verb (used with object)

1.	to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.

–noun

2.	sharp, stern disapproval; reproof; reprimand.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME rebuken (v.) < AF rebuker (OF rebuchier) to beat back, equiv. to re- re- + bucher to beat, strike < Gmc

]

—Related forms

re·buk·a·ble, adjective

re·buk·er, noun

re·buk·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. censure, upbraid, chide, admonish. See reproach. 2. reproach, remonstration, censure.

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tr.v. re·buked, re·buk·ing, re·bukes

To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand. See Synonyms at admonish.
To check or repress.

n. A sharp reproof.

[Middle English rebuken, from Old North French rebuker : re-, back (from Latin; see re-) + *buker, to strike, chop wood (variant of Old French buschier, from busche, firewood, of Germanic origin).]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rebuke (v.)

c.1325, from Anglo-Fr. rebuker "to repel, beat back," O.Fr. rebuchier, from re- "back" + buschier "to strike, chop wood," from busche (Fr. bûche) "wood," from P.Gmc. *busk- (see bush). The noun is first attested c.1430.

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rebuke
noun
1.	an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
verb
1.	censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rebuke [rəˈbjuːk] verb

to speak severely to (a person), because he has done wrong
Example: The boy was rebuked by his teacher for cheating.

Arabic:	يُوَبِّخ
Chinese (Simplified):	训斥，指责
Chinese (Traditional):	訓斥，指責
Czech:	pokárat
Danish:	irettesætte
Dutch:	berispen
Estonian:	noomima
Finnish:	nuhdella
French:	réprimander
German:	rüffeln
Greek:	επιπλήττω
Hungarian:	megdorgál
Icelandic:	setja ofan í við, ávíta
Indonesian:	menegur
Italian:	rimproverare

Japanese:	叱りつける
Korean:	책망하다, 심하게 꾸짖다
Latvian:	rāt
Lithuanian:	priekaištauti
Norwegian:	irettesette, gi reprimande
Polish:	skarcić, zganić
Portuguese (Brazil):	repreender
Portuguese (Portugal):	repreender
Romanian:	a admonesta, a dojeni
Russian:	делать выговор, давать нагоняй
Slovak:	pokarhať
Slovenian:	ošteti
Spanish:	reprender
Swedish:	tillrättavisa, banna
Turkish:	azarlamak

rebuke [rəˈbjuːk] noun

(stern) words spoken to a person, because he has done wrong

Arabic:	تَوْبيخ، تَأنيب
Chinese (Simplified):	斥责，谴责
Chinese (Traditional):	斥責，譴責
Czech:	výtka
Danish:	irettesættelse
Dutch:	berisping
Estonian:	noomitus
Finnish:	nuhtelu
French:	réprimande
German:	der Rüffel
Greek:	επίπληξη
Hungarian:	rendreutasítás
Icelandic:	ávítur, ofanígjöf
Indonesian:	teguran
Italian:	rimprovero

Japanese:	とがめ
Korean:	책망, 심한 꾸짖음
Latvian:	rājiens; pārmetums
Lithuanian:	priekaištas
Norwegian:	reprimande, irettesettelse
Polish:	reprymenda, nagana
Portuguese (Brazil):	repreensão
Portuguese (Portugal):	repreensão
Romanian:	admonestare, dojană
Russian:	выговор, нагоняй
Slovak:	výčitka, pokarhanie
Slovenian:	graja
Spanish:	reprimenda
Swedish:	tillrättavisning, reprimand
Turkish:	azar

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Rebuke

Re*buke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.] 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.

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. --Dryden.

Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See Reprove.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Rebuke

Re*buke"\, n. 1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.

For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. --Jer. xv. 15.

Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? --Shak.

2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.

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