0 to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done:
I was rebuked by my manager for being late.
The Justice Department publicly rebuked him over a leaked memorandum.
1 the act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done, or the things that someone says to show disapproval like this :
Rebuke is the appropriate punishment in this case.
2 to criticize someone strongly because you disapprove of what the person has said or done:
He was publicly rebuked for his involvement in the scandal.
He rebuked my brother for having agitated me unnecessarily.
When I mildly rebuked your cousin for falling asleep, she acted like she had done the most horrible thing.
He suffered a stinging rebuke when shareholders withheld 45% of their votes for his re-election.
He remains angry that there was no warning or rebuke to the solicitor.
He ran inside to get his brother, whom the saint rebuked.
Failure by a low-ranking chimpanzee (or wolf or human) to exhibit submissive behavior in the presence of more dominant animals will earn rebuke.
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