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/, /ɹɪˈbjuːk/

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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.

SynonymsEdit

• reproach, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand, admonition

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, Anschiss (de), Rüge (de), Schelte (de) f

• Greek: μομφή (el) f (momfí), επίπληξη (el) f (epíplixi), παρατήρηση (el) f (paratírisi)
• Irish: spreagadh m, aifirt f
• Italian: rimbrotto (it) m, reprimenda 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: reproche (es) m, reprensión (es) f, reprimenda f, reprobación f regañina f, regaño (es) m (colloquial)

VerbEdit

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

1. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

SynonymsEdit

• reprimand, reproach, reprove, reprehend, admonish, criticise, berate, scold
• See also Thesaurus:criticize

TranslationsEdit

to criticise harshly; to reprove

• Albanian:

  Arbëresh: llavënj

• Aromanian: ncaciu, ntsertu
• Burmese: ဆူ (my) (hcu)
• Catalan: renyar (ca), 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)
• Esperanto: admoni, riproĉi
• Finnish: moittia (fi), haukkua (fi), sättiä (fi), parjata (fi)
• French: reprendre (fr), réprimander (fr), gronder (fr), désapprouver (fr), reprocher (fr) (s.o. for sth.: qqch. à qqn), tancer (fr)
• Georgian: ლანძღვა (lanʒɣva), საყვედურობს (saq̇vedurobs)
• German: tadeln (de), schimpfen (de) mit, ausschimpfen (de), schelten (de), ermahnen (de), mahnen (de),abmahnen (de), warnen (de), rüffeln (de), zurechtweisen (de), rügen (de), maßregeln (de), Vorwürfe machen, Ärger machen, Vorhaltungen machen, einen Verweis erteilen, verwarnen (de), abkanzeln

• 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, pātotoi
• Norwegian: bestride
• Persian: سرکوفت زدن‎‎ (sarkuft zadan)
• Polish: rugać impf, zrugać pf
• 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: regañar (es), reprochar (es), reprender (es), reprobar (es), retar (es) (colloquial)
• Swahili: kukemea (sw)