0 present participle of rebuke
1 to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done:
I was rebuked by my manager for being late.
With death having silenced his rebuking voice, there was little to remind people what a burr in their sides he had been.
The mood is a feverish one, but you do not make him any better by rebuking him.
I learned my lesson, and now he is rebuking me.
I am rebuking him for failing to have proper regard to such an important matter.
He began by rebuking them for disregarding his advice.
I apologise for the fact that my tone was not sufficiently rebuking.
Had they done so, you would have been on your feet rebuking them.
I am not rebuking him in the least.
