rebuke

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▪ I. re·buke [rebuke rebukes rebuked rebuking] BrE [rɪˈbjuːk] NAmE [rɪˈbjuːk] verb often passive ~ sb (for sth/for doing sth) (formal)
to speak severely to sb because they have done sth wrong
Syn: ↑reprimand
•The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures.
•She rebuked herself for her stupidity.
Verb forms:

Word 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’).

Example Bank:
•He hit back with a stinging rebuke to his critics.
•He meekly accepted the rebuke.
•If the general found his authority questioned he invariably administered a sharp rebuke.
•They received a public rebuke from Secretary General for their handling of the matter.
•Urban voters might deliver a sharp rebuke to Congress.


Example Bank:
•She rebuked herself sharply for her stupidity.
 
▪ II. re·buke noun countable, uncountable
•He was silenced by her stinging rebuke.
•She answered with no hint of rebuke.
Main entry: ↑rebuke_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand, call on the carpet, take to task, rag, trounce, lecture, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out