rebuke
noun/rɪˈbjuːk/
/rɪˈbjuːk/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- the act of speaking severely to somebody because they have done something wrong synonym reprimand
- He was silenced by her stinging rebuke.
- She answered with no hint of rebuke.
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