1. To talk in an angry and critical way to someone or to people: Sharon was rebuked by her supervisor for coming to work late.

David's boss was rebuking him and his fellow workers for talking too much instead of completing their assignments.

2. Etymology: from Old French rebuchier, "to force back, to repress" from re-, "back, down" + buskier, "to beat" and before "to cut down wood." © ALL rights are reserved.

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