He took it for an implied rebuke.
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Rebuke
//ɹiˈbjuːk//
Synonyms for "rebuke" (169 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (84)
Verb(39 words)
Noun(2 words)
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
241 translations across 56 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- beknor verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- berispe verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Arbëresh
1 entries- llavënj verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Aromanian
2 entries- ncaciu verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- ntsertu verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Buginese
1 entries- ᨙᨌᨙᨌ verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мъмрене noun (harsh criticism)
- порицание noun (harsh criticism)
- укор noun (harsh criticism)
- порицавам verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Burmese
1 entries- ဆူ verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Catalan
4 entries- esbronc noun (harsh criticism)
- esbroncada noun (harsh criticism)
- reprensió noun (harsh criticism)
- esbroncar verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏍᎦᎦ verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 鬧 /闹 verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 苛责 noun (harsh criticism)
- 叱 verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- 指責 /指责 verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- 罵 /骂 verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Cornish
1 entries- keredhi verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Czech
4 entries- pokárání noun (harsh criticism)
- výtka noun (harsh criticism)
- výčitka noun (harsh criticism)
- vyčítat verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Danish
4 entries- irettesættelse noun (harsh criticism)
- skideballe noun (harsh criticism)
- bebrejde verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- irettesætte verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Dutch
4 entries- berisping noun (harsh criticism)
- verwijt noun (harsh criticism)
- aanmanen verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- aansporen verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Egyptian
1 entries- Dba-a-w-nDs noun (harsh criticism)
Esperanto
4 entries- riproĉo noun (harsh criticism)
- admoni verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- riproĉi verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- skoldi verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Finnish
4 entries- ankara kritiikki noun (harsh criticism)
- haukkuminen noun (harsh criticism)
- soimaus noun (harsh criticism)
- haukkua verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
French
4 entries- reproche noun (harsh criticism)
- réprimande noun (harsh criticism)
- chapitrer verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- désapprouver verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Galician
3 entries- bronca noun (harsh criticism)
- poñer a pan pedir verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- rifar verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Georgian
3 entries- საყვედური noun (harsh criticism)
- ლანძღვა verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- საყვედურობს verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
German
4 entries- Anschiss noun (harsh criticism)
- Rüge noun (harsh criticism)
- Schelte noun (harsh criticism)
- Tadel noun (harsh criticism)
Greek
4 entries- επίπληξη noun (harsh criticism)
- μομφή noun (harsh criticism)
- παρατήρηση noun (harsh criticism)
- αποπαίρνω verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Icelandic
1 entries- átelja verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Ido
1 entries- reprimandar verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Indonesian
4 entries- bentur verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- berbenturan verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- menegur verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- mengganjar verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Irish
4 entries- aifirt noun (harsh criticism)
- spreagadh noun (harsh criticism)
- aifir verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- spreag verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Italian
4 entries- ammonimento noun (harsh criticism)
- disappunto noun (harsh criticism)
- rampogna noun (harsh criticism)
- reprimenda noun (harsh criticism)
Japanese
3 entries- 叱る verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- 叱責する verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- 非難する verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Kazakh
4 entries- жазғыру verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- сөгіс беру verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- тыю verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- ұрысу verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Korean
3 entries- 비난하다 verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- 질책하다 verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- 힐책하다 verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Latin
1 entries- obiurgō verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Māori
2 entries- pātotoi verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- whakangutungutu verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Nepali
2 entries- गाली noun (harsh criticism)
- गाली गर्नु verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- ulaumu verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Northern Sami
4 entries- addáladdat verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- bealkit verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- cuiget verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- huvdet verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Norwegian
2 entries- bebreide verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- bestride verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Old English
1 entries- þrafian verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تربیه noun (harsh criticism)
Papiamentu
1 entries- reprochá verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Persian
3 entries- سرکوفت noun (harsh criticism)
- عتاب noun (harsh criticism)
- سرکوفت زدن verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Polish
4 entries- besztanina noun (harsh criticism)
- zbesztanie noun (harsh criticism)
- besztać verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- rugać verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Portuguese
4 entries- bronca noun (harsh criticism)
- censura noun (harsh criticism)
- crítica noun (harsh criticism)
- repreensão noun (harsh criticism)
Romanian
2 entries- certa verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- mustra verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Russian
4 entries- вы́говор noun (harsh criticism)
- уко́р noun (harsh criticism)
- упрёк noun (harsh criticism)
- брани́ть verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Scots
1 entries- upcast verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- achmhasan noun (harsh criticism)
- cronaich verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- càin verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- troid verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Slovak
3 entries- skritizovať verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- sprdnúť verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- vyčítať verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Spanish
4 entries- regañada noun (harsh criticism)
- regañera noun (harsh criticism)
- regañina noun (harsh criticism)
- regaño noun (harsh criticism)
Swahili
2 entries- kukemea verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- kulaumu verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Swedish
4 entries- förebrå verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- förevita verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- läsa lusen av någon verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- tillrättavisa verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Tamil
4 entries- இடித்துரை noun (harsh criticism)
- அதட்டு verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- கண்டி verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- திட்டு verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Turkish
1 entries- azarlamak verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎂𐎓𐎗 verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Ukrainian
4 entries- догана noun (harsh criticism)
- докір noun (harsh criticism)
- дорікання noun (harsh criticism)
- зауваження noun (harsh criticism)
Walloon
2 entries- barboter verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
- sounayrer verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ferwite verb (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
You have done these things, and I kept silence. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Source: tatoeba (2790766)
She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it. When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her. Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her."
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