All rebuke synonyms
re·buke
R r verb rebuke
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- get after — to pursue or attack
- chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
- monish — to admonish.
- denunciating — present participle of denunciate.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- cudgeling — a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- glueing — Present participle of glue; obsolete spelling of gluing.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- dress down — of or for a dress or dresses.
- chasten — If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- call down — to request or invoke
- censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- come down on — If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side.
- caned — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- eat out — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- flay — to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
- berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
noun rebuke
- admonishment — to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- admonition — An admonition is a warning or criticism about someone's behaviour.
- impeachment — the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- moralism — the habit of moralizing.