rebukeverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈbjuːk/us/rɪˈbjuːk/formalto speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done:
I was rebuked by my manager for being late.
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Chastising & rebuking
- admonition
- barracking
- bawl
- be in sb's face idiom
- beat yourself up
- bring
- come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
- crucify
- dressing-down
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lay
- neck
- reprimand
- reproachful
- there'll be hell to pay idiom
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- tirade
- upbraid
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rebuke
noun [ C or U ] ukus
He received a stern rebuke from the manager.