re·buke 
(rĭ-byk)
(rĭ-byk)tr.v. re·buked, re·buk·ing, re·bukes
1. To criticize (someone) sharply; reprimand. See Synonyms at admonish.
2. To express sharp criticism regarding (an act, for example): "a series of sweeping decisions that rebuked the investigators' presumptions" (Donald A. Ritchie).
3. Obsolete To check or repress.
n.
An expression of strong disapproval.
[Middle English rebuken, from Old North French rebuker : re-, back (from Latin; see RE-) + *buker, to strike, chop wood (variant of Old French buschier, from busche, firewood, of Germanic origin).]
- point of no return
- point of order
- point of sale
- point-of-sale
- point-of-service
- point of service
- point of view
- point-shaving
- point source
- point spread
- point system
- point woman
- pointy
- pointy-head
- pointy-headed
- poise
- poise
- poised
- poisha
- poison
- poison-dart frog
- poisoner
- poison gas
- poison hemlock
- poison ivy