Meaning

1 senses
  1. A harsh criticism.

    Tadel, Anschiss, Rüge

    вы́говорvýgovor, уко́рukór, упрёкuprjók

    докірdokir, доріканняdorikannja, доганаdohana

    an act or expression of criticism and censure

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom rebuked Mary.

    ruТом сделал Мэри замечание. — al42and

  2. The minister was rebuked in public.

  3. He took it for an implied rebuke.

    deEr fasste es als unausgesprochenen Tadel auf. — PeterR

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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

8 languages
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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

plural: rebukes
Singularrebuke
Pluralrebukes

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrebukeful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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