All rebuke synonyms
reΒ·buke
R r verb rebuke
- excoriate β Censure or criticize severely.
- cudgelled β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- lay on β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- give a piece of one's mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- chastise β If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- land on β any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- gluing β a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- caning β a beating with a cane as a punishment
- disciplining β Present participle of discipline.
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- animadvert β to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- lambaste β to beat or whip severely.
- blistered β a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- cudgelling β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- denunciate β to condemn; denounce
- blow the whistle on β to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- lay down the law β the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- disciplined β having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- objurgate β to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- lay to β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- carpeted β Simple past tense and past participle of carpet.
- call on the carpet β (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- carpeting β You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- give a hard time β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- denunciated β Simple past tense and past participle of denunciate.
- exprobate β (obsolete) To exprobrate.
- bludgeoning β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- glued β Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- find fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- charge with β to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- cudgeled β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- lessoning β Present participle of lesson.
- castigate β If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- admonish β If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
noun rebuke
- lecture β a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- inculpation β to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- chiding β to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
- denunciation β Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
- go-by β a going by without notice; an intentional passing by; snub: to give one the go-by.
- goby β any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
- hard times β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- odium β intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- objurgation β to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- lesson β a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.