- rebuke
- v1. reprove, reproach, reprehend, reprimand, remonstrate with; chide, Inf. take to task, find fault with; scold, lecture, censure, call down, Inf. call on the carpet, Inf. dress down, Inf. bawl out, ex-probate, objurgate; admonish, give a piece of one's mind, Inf. tell [s.o.] a thing or two, Inf. tell [s.o.] off, take [s.o.] down a peg.2. berate, upbraid, castigate, vituperate; flay, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, rake [s.o.] over the coals, keelhaul; let [s.o.] have it, let [s.o.] have it right between the eyes, let [s.o.] have it with both barrels, tell [s.o.] where to get off; All. Sl. blast, bawl out, yell at, give [s.o.] hell, lay [s.o.] out in lavender, read the riot act.n3. reproach, remonstration, reproof, reprimand; lecture, Inf. a word to the wise, stricture; expostulation, berating, upbraiding, castigation, objurgation, vituperation, censure; scolding, dressing down, tongue-lashing, Sl. hell, Inf. bawling, admonishment.4. blame, accusation, accusal, charge; imputation, incrimination, inculpation, Inf. pointing the finger
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.