rebuke

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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 buska ‎(“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busc, *busk ‎(“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‎(“bush”); equivalent to re- +‎ bush.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈbjuːk/

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NounEdit

rebuke ‎(plural rebukes)

1. A harsh criticism.
   • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track

     There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.

TranslationsEdit

harsh criticism

• Catalan: reprensió f, esbroncada (ca) f, esbronc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: výčitka (cs) f
• Dutch: verwijt (nl), berisping (nl)
• Esperanto: riproĉo
• Finnish: soimaus, ankara kritiikki, haukkuminen (fi)
• French: reproche (fr) m, réprimande (fr) f
• Georgian: საყვედური ‎(saq̇veduri)
• German: Tadel (de) m

• Greek: μομφή (el) f ‎(momfí), επίπληξη (el) f ‎(epíplixi), παρατήρηση (el) f ‎(paratírisi)
• Irish: spreagadh m, aifirt f
• Italian: rimbrotto (it) m, reprimenda (it) f, rimprovero (it) m, richiamo (it) m, ammonimento m, disappunto m
• Persian: سرکوفت (fa) ‎(sarkuft), عتاب (fa) ‎(etâb)
• Polish: zbesztanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: crítica (pt) f, repreensão (pt) f, censura (pt) f
• Russian: вы́говор (ru) m ‎(výgovor), уко́р (ru) m ‎(ukór), упрёк (ru) m ‎(uprjók)
• Scottish Gaelic: achmhasan m
• Spanish: regaño (es) m, reproche (es) m, reprensión (es) f, reprobación f

VerbEdit

rebuke ‎(third-person singular simple present rebukes, present participle rebuking, simple past and past participle rebuked)

1. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:reprehend

TranslationsEdit

to criticise harshly; to reprove

• Aromanian: ncaciu, ntsertu
• Burmese: ဆူ (my) ‎(hcu)
• Catalan: esbroncar (ca), reprendre (ca), reganyar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鬧, 闹 ‎(naau⁶)

  Mandarin: 訓斥 (zh), 训斥 (zh) ‎(xùnchì), 指責 (zh), 指责 (zh) ‎(zhǐzé), 非難 (zh), 非难 (zh) ‎(fēinàn), 譴責 (zh), 谴责 (zh) ‎(qiǎnzé), 罵 (zh), 骂 (zh) ‎(mà), 叱 (zh) ‎(chì)

• Czech: vyčítat (cs)
• Dutch: verwijten (nl), berispen (nl)
• Finnish: moittia (fi), haukkua (fi), sättiä (fi)
• French: reprendre (fr), réprimander (fr), gronder (fr), désapprouver (fr), reprocher (fr) (s.o. for sth.: qqch. à qqn)
• Georgian: ლანძღვა ‎(lanʒɣva), საყვედურობს ‎(saq̇vedurobs)
• German: tadeln (de), schimpfen (de) mit, ausschimpfen (de), schelten (de)
• Greek: μέμφομαι (el) ‎(mémfomai), επιπλήττω (el) ‎(epiplítto), αποπαίρνω (el) ‎(apopaírno), επιτιμώ (el) ‎(epitimó)

• Irish: spreag, aifir
• Italian: rimbrottare (it), rimproverare (it), riprendere (it), richiamare (it), ammonire (it), esprimere il proprio disappunto
• Japanese: 叱責する (ja) ‎(しっせきする, shisseki-suru), 叱る ‎(しかる, shikaru)
• Maori: whakangutungutu
• Norwegian: bestride
• Persian: سرکوفت زدن ‎(sarkuft zadan)
• Polish: besztać (pl), skarcić
• Portuguese: repreender (pt), censurar (pt), criticar (pt)
• Romanian: mustra (ro), certa (ro)
• Russian: отчи́тывать (ru) impf ‎(otčítyvatʹ), отчита́ть (ru) pf ‎(otčitátʹ), упрека́ть (ru) impf ‎(uprekátʹ), упрекну́ть (ru) pf ‎(upreknútʹ), де́лать вы́говор impf ‎(délatʹ výgovor), руга́ть (ru) impf ‎(rugátʹ), брани́ть (ru) impf ‎(branítʹ)
• Scots: upcast
• Scottish Gaelic: cronaich m, càin, troid
• Spanish: retar (es), regañar (es), reprochar (es), reprender (es), reprobar (es)