rebuke
US: /ɹibˈjuk/, /ɹɪbˈjuk/
UK: /ɹɪbjˈuːk/
UK: /ɹɪbjˈuːk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
rebuke /ri'bju:k/
- danh từ
- sự khiển trách, sự quở trách
- without rebuke: không có khuyết điểm gì, không quở trách vào đâu được
- lời khiển trách, lời quở trách
- sự khiển trách, sự quở trách
- ngoại động từ
- khiển trách, quở trách
- to rebuke someone for doing something: quở trách người nào đã làm việc gì
- khiển trách, quở trách
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
[VN] [often passive] ~ sb (for sth / for doing sth) (formal) to speak severely to sb because they have done sth wrong
Synonym: REPRIMAND
The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures. + She rebuked herself for her stupidity.
rebuke noun [C, U]: He was silenced by her stinging rebuke. + She answered with no hint of rebuke.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 scold, reproach, admonish, reprove, reprimand, lecture, censure, chide, reprehend, berate, castigate, criticize, take to task, upbraid, revile, Colloq dress down, bawl out, give (someone) a piece of one's mind, haul (someone) over the coals, let (someone) have it, give (someone) hell or what for, tell (someone) off, tell (someone) where to get off, Brit carpet, tear (someone) off a strip, tick (someone) off, wig, blow (someone) up, give (someone) a wigging, US and Canadian rake (someone) over the coals, give (someone) the business, chew out:
The headmaster severely rebuked those boys who had violated the school curfew.
n.
2 scolding, reproach, admonition, reproof, reprimand, lecture, censure, chiding, reprehension, berating, castigation, criticism, upbraiding, revilement, tongue-lashing, Colloq dressing-down, what for, Brit wigging, blow-up or blowing up, Slang hell:
Rawlings was let off with nothing more than a rebuke.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
sharp, stern, stinging | gentle, mild | silent | implied | public
VERB + REBUKE
receive | draw, earn (sb)
Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.
| accept
He meekly accepted the rebuke.
| administer
If the general found his authority questioned he invariably administered a sharp rebuke.
PREP.
~ for, ~ from
They received a public rebuke from the prime minister for their handling of the matter.
| ~ to
He hit back with a stinging rebuke to his critics.
ADV.
sharply | gently | publicly
PREP.
for
She rebuked herself sharply for her stupidity.
Concise English dictionary
rebukes|rebuked|rebukingrɪ'bjuːk
noun
+an act or expression of criticism and censure
verb
+censure severely or angrily
