rebuke

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To criticise or scold someone sharply.

   The teacher rebuked the students for arriving late again.

2. 2
   noun

   A sharp expression of criticism or disapproval.

   His careless mistake earned him a stern rebuke from the manager.

From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.

Topics