rebuke : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rebuke	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rebuke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rebuke n an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Synonym(s): rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand v censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuke \Rebuke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebuking}.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke* the rich offender feared. --Dryden. Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See {Reprove}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuke \Re*buke"\, n. 1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment. For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. --Jer. xv. 15. Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? --Shak. 2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. {To be without rebuke}, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.