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Another word for rebuke

Noun

  1. Words expressive of strong disapproval

    2. See also:

    praise

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Another word for rebuke

Verb
    2. See also:

    scold

    censure

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Sentence Examples

  • It was unfair to punish him, but his rebuke still stung.

  • Thus he paves the way for his tardy rebuke of present disorders, which he reserves until two-thirds of his epistle is completed.

  • She recalled his long sad and severe look at those words and understood the meaning of the rebuke and despair in that protracted gaze.

  • In fact the Pope in 1897 was obliged to send a severe rebuke to the clergy for their lack of consistency and zeal.

  • Even one second of tardiness to the biology lab would earn one a stern rebuke.

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