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Definition of rebuke verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

rebuke

 verb
verb
NAmE//rɪˈbyuk//
 
[often passive] rebuke somebody (for something/for doing something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rebuke
 
he / she / it rebukes
 
past simple rebuked
 
-ing form rebuking
 
 
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to speak severely to someone because they have done something wrong synonym reprimand The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures. She rebuked herself for her stupidity.
rebuke noun [countable, uncountable]
 
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He was silenced by her stinging rebuke. She answered with no hint of rebuke.See rebuke in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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