He took it for an implied rebuke.
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Rebuke
/ɹiˈbjuːk/
Synonyms for "rebuke" (236 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Noun(16 words)
abuseadmonishadmonishmentadmonitionbawl outberateberatingblameblowing upbring to bookcallcall downcall to accountcarpetcastigatecastigationcensure
Verb(15 words)
admonishedadmonishesadmonishingbawl outbawledberateberatesbitchedblastedcall downcall on the carpetcastigatedcastigatescastigatingcensured
Strong matches (70)
Verb(24 words)
chastisechastisementchewchew outchidechidingcomecondemncorrectcorrectioncriticismcriticizedisciplinedressdress downdressing downdressing-downearfulhave words withhell
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Noun(25 words)
chastisementschastisingchidecondemnationscondemningcriticizingdemeritsdenouncementdenouncementsdenouncingdenunciationdenunciationsdingdisciplinary noticediscountenancedisfavordispraisedisprovaldoghousesdrubbing
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Related words (118)
Verb(30 words)
Noun(39 words)
lambastinglecture onlylecture only instructionlecturesmeasure of displeasureopprobriumrakerapsrate sciencereamrebatorebuffsrebukesrebukingreprehensionreprimandingreprimandsreproachreproachesreprobate
lecturelessonmindobjurgateobjurgationpiecepunishpunishmentraprateratingread the riot actreprehendreprehensionreprimandreproachreprobationreproofreprovalreprove
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revilerevilementscoldscoldingsermonset downset straightslapspankspankingspeakstraighten outtake downtake to tasktalking-totasktellticktick offtongue-lashingupbraidupbraidingvituperatewhat forwig
Adjective(4 words)
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8 entriesCollocations
8 entriesformal rebukeharsh rebukeissue a rebukepublic rebukereceive a rebukesevere rebukestern rebukeverbal rebuke
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample 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.
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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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