rebuke

rebuke is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
2. noun. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
3. noun. Check; rebuff.
4. noun. an act or expression of criticism and censure

   "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"

   Synonyms: reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval

5. verb. censure severely or angrily

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

   Synonyms: berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce

Synonyms

reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, remonstrate, scold, trounce

Common word forms

rebuked, rebuker, rebukes, rebuking, rebukeful, rebukeable

Words from these letters

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