rebukement

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English

Etymology

Equivalent to rebuke (to criticize severely) +‎ -ment (the result of). More at rebuke.

Pronunciation

Noun

rebukement (uncountable)

  1. harsh criticism
    • 1995, Richard Nolan Armstrong, Red Army Legacies: Essays on Forces, Capabilities, and Personalities :
      Such rebukement would feed frustration and resentment in Heinrici.
    • 1997, A. J. J. M. Vingerhoets, Frans van Bussel, Jan Boelhouwer, The (Non)expression of Emotions in Health and Disease :
      Least important are positive events and criticism/ rebukement.
    • 2000, LeRoy Powell, III, Vengeance :
      Troy gave him a rebukement glare.
    • 2002, Linda Gardner, III, Full Circle on the Mountain :
      I held my breath and was waiting for his rebukement about proper manners at the table but, to my surprise, he held his knee and yelled, “You got me!”
    • 2010, William Peters, The Light in the Window: Whisperings from the Soul :
      I speak it softly as I sway and give way to her gentle or harsh caress or rebukement.
    • 2014, Lama Milkweed Augustine PhD, Casino Child: King of the Slot Machines :
      Bob said to himself, in a tone characteristic of severe fear of rebukement and chastisement.