rebuke

Meaning

Noun

A harsh criticism.

Verb

To criticise harshly; to reprove.

Synonyms

reprimand

scold

reproach

reprove

blame

reproof

admonish

censure

chide

condemn

upbraid

berate

tell off

abuse

scolding

admonition

exhortation

lecture

warn

exhort

reprehend

disapprove of

admonishment

disapprove

reproval

reprehension

check

criticize

chew out

correction

take to task

warning

⚠️

objurgate

revile

curse

counsel

dress down

reject

correct

discipline

bawl out

caution

criticism

taunt

look askance at

call down

mad

tell someone off

yell at

castigate

express disapproval

scold severely

bellow

protest

decline

censor

denounce

rag

disagree

disallow

disavow

rate

rebuff

reclaim

recoup

recover

dismiss

refuse

drive away

reimburse

relay

emboss

remonstrate

repay

repel

repulse

resend

expel

find fault

send back

shun

chase

snarl

chase away

spurn

chastisement

chew up

intimidate

jaw

judge

🧑‍⚖️

angry

😠

tool

trounce

knock

knock about

withhold

lambast

call on the carpet

lambaste

have words

shout in rebuke

flea in one’s ear

threap

scold angrily

referal

give hell

warninbg

(to) criticize

(to) criticise

accusation

shouting mad

accuse

advice

advise

angrily

animadvert

argue

argument

awakening

bawl

beat

blackguard

boom

💥

bother

carp

castigation

caveat

challenge

charge

chastise

comb

comeuppance

comment

commination

complaint

condemnation

criticise

cross

denunciation

fault

forbid

harangue

hectoring

help

howl

hurl

injunction

instruct

instruction

insult

keelhaul

lesson

loom

menace

mock

molest

monition

nag

nip

notice

objection

objurgation

preach

prevent

pull up

punish

punishment

put to shame

rage

😡

rake over the coals

ranting

rap

rebuking

reference

refute

regain

remind

remonstrance

retort

ridicule

roar

satirize

scald

slate

snap

sneer

snub

strike

swear

take exception

teach

teaching

thrash

threaten

tirade

observate

wallop

wigging

angry with

find fault with

flyting

lace into

peck at

speak angrily

pin one’s ears back

scold harshly

give a good shaking

reprimand severely

give a sound scolding

dress someone down

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹiˈbjuːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rebuken

In summary

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.