Rebuke

Definitions: Rebuke

Rebuke

Noun

1. An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face".

Verb

1. 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"; "check" is archaic.

Date "rebuke" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Rebuke

Synonyms: reprehension (n), reprimand (n), reproof (n), reproval (n), bawl out (v), berate (v), chew out (v), chew up (v), chide (v), dress down (v), have words (v), jaw (v), lambast (v), lambaste (v), lecture (v), rag (v), remonstrate (v), scold (v), trounce (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disapprobation	Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look.
	Reprehend, chide, admonish; berate, betongue; bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order; take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book; read a lesson, read a lecture to; rebuke, correct.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	A Royal Rebuke (Camfield, 131) (reference) Affirmation and Rebuke (Pathfinder Pamphlets Ser.) (reference) God against slavery, and the freedom and duty of the pulpit to rebuke it, as a sin against God (reference) Malachi: Messenger of Rebuke and Renewal (reference) Rebuke and Challenge: The Point of Jesus Parables (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Open Rebuke (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	WALL :STREET:, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter. Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call To battle: "The brokers are parasites all!" Carnegie, Carnegie, you'll never prevail; Keep the wind of your slogan to belly your sail, Go back to your isle of perpetual brume, Silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume: Ben Lomond is calling his son from the fray -- Fly, fly from the region of Wall Street away! While still you're possessed of a single baubee (I wish it were pledged to endowment of me) 'Twere wise to retreat from the wars of finance Lest its value decline ere your credit advance. For a man 'twixt a king of finance and the sea, Carnegie, Carnegie, your tongue is too free! Anonymus Bink
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Rebuke" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.92% of the time. "Rebuke" is used about 166 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	78.92%	131	27,855
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	19.28%	32	61,292
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.81%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	166	N/A

Expressions using "rebuke": gentle rebuke ♦ To be without rebuke. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "rebuke": self-rebuke.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "rebuke"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		berispe (blame, reproach, reprove, scold), beknor (blame, reproach, reprove, scold). (various references)

Albanian		vërejtje (attention, comment, custody, jobation, objection, observation, remark, reproach, reproof, reservation, reserve), qortoj (admonish, berate, call down, carpet, castigate, chide, come down on, correct, damn, decry, discommend, dish it out, knock, lecture, light into, Peck, pull up, rap, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tell off, trim, twit, upbraid), qortim (admonition, chiding, correction, exception, objurgation, observation, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, rowing, schooling, scolding, set down, snub, talking to, telling off, twit, wigging), kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebut, recalcitrate, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to), i heq vërejtje (reprove), bëj vërejtje. (various references)

Arabic		‏لوم (admonition, blame, censure, lambaste, railing, reprimand, reproach, reproof, twit, upbraid), ‏وبخ (berate, blame, carpet, castigate, check, chide, dish up, dress down, jaw, lash, moralize, quarrel, rail, raspberry, rebuff, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, scotch, show up, slag, slate, snub, strafe, take to task, take up, task, tell off, tick off, tickle, upbraid), ‏توبيخ (admonition, censure, correction, dressing down, lesson, objurgation, rap, rating, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, talking to, telling off, upbraiding, wig), ‏تعنيف (check, objurgation, scolding, talking to, wigging), ‏عنف (blow up, check, chide, convulse, expostulate, fierceness, force, heating, impetuosity, rant, roughness, rowdyism, rudeness, scold, smarten, thuggery, vehemence, violence, whip off). (various references)

Bulgarian		укор (imputation, objurgation, rap, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, snub), мъмря (call down, caution, correct, lecture, lesson, objurgate, rap, reprimand, school, scold), мъмрене (caution, lecture, objurgation, reprimand, rowing, scolding, talking to), поскарвам се на, порицавам (anathematize, blame, censure, criminate, decry, lash, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, upbraid, wig), порицание (animadversion, castigation, censure, decrial, dispraise, imputation, reflection, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, reproof, stricture). (various references)

Chinese		熊 (bear, to rebuke, to scold). (various references)

Czech		výtka (admonition, censure, reproof, rub), pokárat (reprimand, reprove), pokárání (caution, censure, reprehension, reprimand, reproof), dùtka (caution, censure, reprimand, rub). (various references)

Danish		dadle (reproach, reprove, scold). (various references)

Dutch		wraken (condemn, disapprove, disapprove of, reject, reproach, reprove, scold), verwerpen (condemn, cull, disapprove, disapprove of, reject), afkeuren (condemn, declare unfit for use, disapprove, disapprove of, refuse, reject, reproach, reprove, scold, scrap). (various references)

Esperanto		riproĉi (blame, reproach, reprove, scold), skoldi (reproach, reprove, scold), mallaŭdi (reproach, reprove, scold), malaprobi (condemn, disapprove, disapprove of). (various references)

Faeroese		deila (divide, reproach, reprove, scold, separate, share). (various references)

Farsi		ملامت کردن (Blame, Calldown, Reprove, Upbraid), ملامت (Reproof, Snuff, Tax), گوشمالی (Punishment, Scourge), توبیخ کردن (Rail, Reprehend, Telloff), زخم زبان (Brickbat, Diatribe, Rap). (various references)

Finnish		moittia (blame, criticize, find fault with, reproach, reprove, scold). (various references)

French		reprocher (reproach, reprove), réprimander (reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove), gronder (reproach, reprove). (various references)

Frisian		lekje (condemn, disapprove, disapprove of), ferwite (blame, reproach, reprove, scold), ôfkarre (condemn, disapprove, disapprove of). (various references)

German		Tadel (animadversion, animadversions, black mark, blame, blemish, censure, criticism, demerit, disapproval, impeachment, objurgation, observation, remark, reprimand, reproach, reproof, taint), zurechtweisen (pull up, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold), tadeln (castigate, censure, chide, criticize, dispraise, fault, lecture, objurgate, reprehend, reprehension, reprimand, reproaches, reproval, reprove, to blame, vituperate). (various references)

Greek		επιπλήττω (admonish, berate, castigate, check, lecture, objervate, objurgate, rate, reprehend, reprove, scold, take to task), επίπληξη (admonition, lecture, objurgation, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, reproval, scolding, snub, telling off, wigging). (various references)

Hebrew		מ�'ערת (curse), לק� טר (anger, chide, nag, provoke, tease, vex), לעוט (dart, pounce, swoop), ל�"בר קשות (scold), ל�'עור (curse, reprehend, reproach, reproof, reprove, scold, tell off), ל� זוף (admonish, chide, dress down, flay, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, slate, take to task, upbraid), תוכח�" (admonition, exhortation, harangue, punishment, reproach, reproof, trouble), זעק�" (cry, hue and cry, outcry, shout), �'ער�" (reprimand, reproach), � זיפ�" (admonition, rating, reprimand, stricture, twit). (various references)

Hungarian		rendreutasítás (correction). (various references)

Icelandic		átelja (blame, reproach, reprove, scold). (various references)

Indonesian		mencomeli (reprimand, scold), kemarahan (acerbity, dander, fury, wrath), comelan (reprimand, scolding), coel. (various references)

Italian		riprendere (begin again, blame, catch again, get back, recover, recrudesce, regain, renew, reopen, reprehend, reproach, reprove, resume, scold, shoot, start again, tell off), disapprovare (boo, condemn, deprecate, disapprove, disapprove of, disfavor, disfavour, frown, object), biasimare (blame, censure, condemn, disapprove, disapprove of, reprobate, reprove, scorch). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		譴責 (censor, reprimand, reproof), 問責 (blame, censure, reprimand, reproof), 叱責 (reprimand), 叱�'� (reprimand, scolding), �'�め (blame, censure, reproof). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しった (reprimand, scolding), しっせき (abscondence, disappearance, reprimand), も�"せき (blame, censure, reprimand, reproof), け�"せき (censor, reprimand, reproof), とがめ (blame, censure, reproof). (various references)

Manx		oghsan (censure, reprimand), cur oghsan da (animadvert, reprimand, reprove). (various references)

Norwegian		dadle (reproach, reprove, scold). (various references)

Papiamen		reprochá (blame, reproach, reprove, scold), desaprobá (condemn, disapprove, disapprove of). (various references)

Pig Latin		ebukeray

Portuguese		repreender (admonish, berate, bounce, carpet, censure, correct, find loopholes, jaw vice, lecturer, lessor, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, sermonize, snub, take to task, tell off, twit, upbraid, vituperate), censurar (admonish, animadvert, berate, blame, carp, censor, censoring, censure, chide, condemn, damn, deprecate, expostulate, find fault with, glossal, impeach, inculpation, inveigh, jaw, land on, lecture, lesson, Nicaragua, objurgate, quarrel, red pencil, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, sermonize, snub, twit, upbraid, vituperate). (various references)

Romanian		mustrare (dressing, lash, lecture, pi-jaw, prick, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, slur, snub, trim, trimming, wigging), mustra (berate, chide, lash into, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, row, scold, slate, snub, twit), dojeni (blame, chide, correct, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, snub, taunt, trim, twit, upbraid, wig), dojanã (admonishment, lash, lecture, lesson, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, set down, snub, taunt, twit), certa (abuse, altercate, berate, blame, brawl, censure, chide, rag, reprehend, reprove, row, scold, squabble, taunt). (various references)

Russian		укорять (upbraid), укор (odium, reproach), упрекать (chide, objurgate, reprove, twit, upbraid), упрек (admonition, objurgation, reproach, reproof, setdown, twit), выговор (curtain lecture, dressing down, jobation, objurgation, rating, reprimand, reproof, rowing, schooling, set-down, snub, talking to, talking-to, telling off, telling-off), осуждать (condemn, convict, criminate, criticize, cry shame upon, damn, decry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, excoriate, judge, preach down, prejudge), нагоняй (blowup, dressing-down, going-over, rowing, ruction, scolding, snorter, telling-off, tongue-lashing, wigging), замечание (admonishment, admonition, comment, inapt remark, note, observation, remark), браковать (condemn, disapprove, disapprove of, reject), делать выговор (check, rate, reprehend, slate). (various references)

Scottish		cronaich (blame, reprove), achmhasan (a rebuke, reprimand, reproof). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ukoriti (lecture, objurgate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold), ukor (admonition, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, schooling), prekoriti (reprehend, upbraid), prekor (reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof). (various references)

Spanish		censurar (animadvert, blame, blue pencil, censor, censure, condemn, criticize, decry, deprecate, dispraise, impeach, reproach, reprove, scold, take up, talk down, talk out, talk through, view), reprobar (animadvert, blame, condemn, disapprove, disapprove of, lash out, reproach, reprobate, reprove, scold), reprimenda (blame, dressing down, reference, reprimand, reproof, rocket, scoring), reprender (blame, censure, chide, dress down, objurgate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task), desaprobar (condemn, criticize, deprecate, disapprove, disapprove of, discountenance, discourage, dispraise, frown, negative, reproach, reprove, scold). (various references)

Swedish		tillrättavisande. (various references)

Thai		การ�"ุ�"่า, �"ุ�"่า (chide, jump all over, jump on, keep after, nag, rag). (various references)

Turkish		azarlamak (admonish, baste, bawl out, berate, blame, blister, blow up, bring up, call down, call smb. over the coals, carpet, castigate, chew out, chide, come down on, decry, dress down, give a piece of one's mind, give smb. a talking-to, give smb. a telling-off, give smb. beans, give smb. hell, give the stick, inveigh, jaw out, keelhaul, lace into, lambaste, lash, lecture, let smb. have it, light into, objurgate, peck at smb., punish, rag, rail, rap smb. over the knuckles, rate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, roast, sail into, scold, score, slang, slap, slate, strafe, take to task, talk to smb., tell off, tell smb. one's mind, tick off, trim, twit, upbraid, vituperate). (various references)

Ukranian		робити догану, дорікати (betongue, objurgate, reproach, reprove, tax, twit), докір (expostulation, objurgation, reproach, reproof, reproval, twit), догана (blame, bobbing, castigation, dressing down, objurgation, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, reproof, reproval, rowing, schooling, setdown, snub, telling), давати відсіч (set down). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự quở trách lời khiển trách, sự khiển trách (admonishment, admonition, animadversion, blame, dispraise, reprehension, rowing), lời quở trách (lecture, reprimand, reproof). (various references)

Welsh		sennu (animadvert, censure), sen (censure, reproof), ceryddu (admonish, animadvert, chastise, correct), cerydd (admonition, censure, chastisement, correction, reproof), argyhoeddi (convict, convince, reprove). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	accusatio, accusatione, accusationem, accusationis, admonitionibus, correptio, correptione, correptionem, correptiones, correptioni, correptionis, increpa, increpabant, increpabat, increpabit, increpabo, increpandum, increpans, increpantibus, increpare, increparet, increpat, increpatio, increpatione, increpationem, increpationes, increpationibus, increpationis, increpem, increpet, increpo, increpueris, increpuerit, increpui, increpuisti, increpuit, insequor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 5
Latin	405	Vulgate	Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Betere is open amending, than hid looue.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 5
Bulgarian	Явното изобличение е по-добро От оная любов, която не се проявява.
Cebuano	¶ Maayo pa ang pagbadlong sa dayag Kay sa gugma nga tinago.
Chinese	當面的責備、強如背地的愛情。
Croatian	Bolji je javni ukor nego lažna ljubav.
Danish	Hellere åbenlys Revselse end Kærlighed, der skjules.
Dutch	Openbare bestraffing is beter dan verborgene liefde.
Finnish	Parempi julkinen nuhde kuin salattu rakkaus.
French	Mieux vaut une réprimande ouverte Qu`une amitié cachée.
German	Offene Strafe ist besser denn heimliche Liebe.
Haitian Creole	¶ Pito ou rale zòrèy yon moun kareman pase pou ou kite l' konprann sa li fè a pa anyen.
Hungarian	Jobb a nyilvánvaló dorgálás a titkos szeretetnél.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lebih baik teguran yang terang-terangan daripada kasih yang tidak diungkapkan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Peneguran yang nyata itu terlebih baik dari pada pengasihan yang tersembuni.
Italian	Meglio un rimprovero aperto che un amore celato.
Korean	면 책 은 숨 은 사 랑 보 다 나 으 니 라
Maori	¶ He pai ke te riri matanui i te aroha huna.
Norwegian	Åpenlys irettesettelse er bedre enn kjærlighet som skjules.
Portuguese	Melhor é a repreensão aberta do que o amor encoberto.
Rumanian	Mai bine o mustrare pe fayq de ckt o prietenie ascunsq. -
Russian	мХЮЫЕ ПФЛТЩФПЕ П�'МЙЮЕОЙЕ, ОЕЦЕМЙ УЛТЩФБС МА�'ПЧШ.
Spanish	Mejor es la reprensión manifiesta que el amor oculto.
Swedish	Bättre är öppen tillrättavisning än kärlek som hålles fördold.
Thai	ว่ากันต่อหน้า�"ีกว่ารักกันลับๆ
Ukrainian	¶ Ліпше відкрите картання, ніж та�"мна любов.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "rebuke": rebuked, rebuker, rebukers, rebukes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Rebuke" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ebuke, Erbakan, Prabucki, Rabaka, rabuke, Rambuka, Razuki, rebore, rebu, rebuker, rebule, rebuse, rebute, reuoke, Roboski, Rouke, Rusuku, Rybakov. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "rebuke" (pronounced rēbyuw"k or rubyuw"k)
3	-y uw" k	puke.
3	-y uw" k	puke.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-k-r-u"
	-1 letter: burke.
	-2 letters: beer, bree, kerb, reek, rube.
	-3 letters: bee, bur, eke, ere, kue, reb, ree, rub, rue, uke, urb.
	-4 letters: be, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-k-r-u"
	+1 letter: rebuked, rebuker, rebukes.
	+2 letters: bunkered, debunker, rebukers, reedbuck.
	+3 letters: berkelium, bucklered, debunkers, reedbucks, trebucket.
	+4 letters: berkeliums, cherublike, housebreak, housebroke, rubberlike, rubberneck, trebuckets.
	+5 letters: housebreaks, housebroken, huckleberry, rubbernecks, unbracketed, unbreakable.
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