rebuke
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Etymology
From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.
Pronunciation
Noun
rebuke (plural rebukes)
- (of a person) A harsh criticism.
- 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in Guardian Unlimited:
- There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.
Synonyms
Translations
harsh criticism
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Verb
rebuke (third-person singular simple present rebukes, present participle rebuking, simple past and past participle rebuked)
- (of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.
- 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, 6:(please specify the verse(s)):
- O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Translations
to criticise harshly; to reprove
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