Meaning

1 senses
  1. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

    tadeln, schimpfen mit, ausschimpfen

    отчи́тыватьotčítyvatʹ, отчита́тьotčitátʹ, упрека́тьuprekátʹ

    докорятиdokorjaty, дорікатиdorikaty, сваритиsvaryty

More definitions
  • censure severely or angrily

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom rebuked Mary.

    ruТом сделал Мэри замечание.

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  2. The minister was rebuked in public.

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  3. He took it for an implied rebuke.

    deEr fasste es als unausgesprochenen Tadel auf.

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  4. He was rebuked for writing such a rough report.

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  5. He who rebukes the world is rebuked by the world.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to criticise harshly; to reprove:
Русский
By meaning 1
to criticise harshly; to reprove:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to criticise harshly; to reprove:

Origin

From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- +

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.

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Forms

rebukes, rebuking, rebuked, rebuked
Base formrebuke · to rebuke
3rd person singularrebukes
Present participlerebuking
Past simplerebuked
Past participlerebuked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrebuke
he, she, itrebukes

Past simpleLesson

all personsrebuked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rebuked
he, she, ithas rebuked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rebuke

Synonyms

79 synonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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