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rebukingverbpresent participle of rebuke to criticize (someone) so as to correct a faultthe father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college admonishing, chiding, reprimanding, reproaching, reproving, ticking off berating, castigating, chewing out, dressing down, flaying, haranguing, jawing, keelhauling, lambasting, lecturing, railing (at or against), rating, scolding, scoring, upbraidingabusing, assailing, attacking, bad-mouthing, blaming, blasting, censuring, condemning, criticizing, crucifying, denouncing, dissing(slang), excoriating, faulting, knocking, lashing, panning, reprehending, slammingbelittling, deprecating, disparaging, minimizing, mocking, putting downderiding, ridiculing, scoffing, scorning burning one's ears, getting after, getting on approving, endorsing(also indorsing), OK'ing(or okaying), sanctioningapplauding, extolling, hailing, lauding, praising, saluting, touting to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failingsstrongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches basting, bawling out, berating, calling down, castigating, chastising, chewing out, dressing down, flaying, hammering, jawing, keelhauling, lambasting, lecturing, ragging, railing (at or against), ranting (at), rating, reaming (out), reprimanding, reproaching, scolding, scoring, tongue-lashing, upbraiding admonishing, chiding, remonstrating (with), reprovingabusing, assailing, attacking, bad-mouthing, blaming, blasting, censuring, condemning, criticizing, crucifying, denouncing, dissing(slang), excoriating, faulting, haranguing, knocking, lacing (into), lashing, panning, reprehending, reviling, scourging, slamming, vituperatingbelittling, disparaging, mocking, putting downridiculing, scoffing, scorning laying into, reading the riot act (to), taking to task approving, endorsing(also indorsing), sanctioningextolling, lauding, praising to express public or formal disapproval ofin a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings censuring, condemning, denouncing, objurgating, reprimanding, reproaching, reproving admonishing, chastisingcastigating, punishingbawling out, berating, chewing out, cutting up, dressing down, flaying, gibbeting, jawing, keelhauling, lambasting, lecturing, ragging, railing (at or against), rating, scolding, scoring, telling off, upbraidingbelittling, criticizing, deprecating, depreciating, disparaging bringing to account, calling to account citing, commending, endorsing(also indorsing) acclaiming, applauding, hailing, honoringeulogizing, lauding, praisingapproving, blessing, sanctioning |