Inflected forms: re·buked, re·buk·ing, re·bukes 1. To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand. See synonyms at admonish. 2. To check or repress.
NOUN:
A sharp reproof.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English rebuken, from Old North French rebuker : re-, back (from Latin; see re–) + *buker, to strike, chop wood (variant of Old French buschier, from busche, firewood, of Germanic origin).
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