Associations to the word «Rebuke»
Wiktionary
REBUKE, noun. A harsh criticism.
REBUKE, verb. To criticise harshly; to reprove.
Dictionary definition
REBUKE, noun. An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face".
REBUKE, verb. Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.