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rebuke |
3 definitions found 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rebuke \Re*buke"\, 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rebuke n : an expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {reproof}, {reproval}, {reprehension}, {reprimand}] v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; check" is archaic [syn: {check}, {rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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