v. t. | 1. | To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. | |||
n. | 1. | A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment. | |||
2. | Check; rebuff.
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Verb | 1. | rebuke - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Synonyms: call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, reproof, scold, call down, reprimand, lambast, lambaste, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag |