rebuke
verb
[ rɪˈbjuːk ]
• express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.
• "she had rebuked him for drinking too much"
Similar:
reprimand,
reproach,
scold,
admonish,
reprove,
remonstrate with,
chastise,
chide,
upbraid,
berate,
take to task,
pull up,
castigate,
lambast,
read someone the Riot Act,
haul over the coals,
criticize,
censure,
tell off,
give someone a talking-to,
give someone a telling-off,
dress down,
give someone a dressing-down,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a rocket,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
slap someone's wrist,
let someone have it,
bawl out,
give someone hell,
come down on,
blow up,
pitch into,
lay into,
lace into,
give someone a caning,
slap down,
blast,
rag,
keelhaul,
tick off,
have a go at,
carpet,
monster,
give someone a mouthful,
tear someone off a strip,
give someone what for,
give someone a rollicking,
wig,
give someone a wigging,
give someone a row,
row,
chew out,
ream out,
call down,
rate,
give someone a rating,
trim,
reprehend,
objurgate,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
chew someone's ass,
ream someone's ass,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
rebuke
noun
• an expression of sharp disapproval or criticism.
• "he hadn't meant it as a rebuke, but Neil flinched"
Similar:
reprimand,
reproach,
reproof,
scolding,
admonishment,
admonition,
reproval,
remonstration,
lecture,
upbraiding,
castigation,
lambasting,
criticism,
censure,
telling-off,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
dressing-down,
earful,
roasting,
bawling-out,
caning,
blast,
row,
ticking off,
carpeting,
rollicking,
wigging,
rating,
bollocking,
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘force back, repress’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French rebuker, from re- ‘back, down’ + bukier ‘to beat’ (originally ‘cut down wood’, from Old French busche ‘log’).
