severe+rebuke
1rebuke — 1. verb she never rebuked him Syn: reprimand, reproach, scold, admonish; informal tell off; Brit.; informal tick off; N.Amer.; informal chew out Ant: praise 2. noun a severe rebuke Syn …
2Rebuke — In English law and the canon law of the Church of England, a rebuke is a censure on a member of the clergy. [Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963, [http://www.uk legislation.hmso.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukcm/1963/cukcm 19630001 en 8#pt8… …
3severe reprimand — strong rebuke, harsh scolding …
4scathing rebuke — harsh scolding, severe admonition …
5reprimand — rep•ri•mand [[t]ˈrɛp rəˌmænd, ˌmɑnd[/t]] n. 1) a severe rebuke, esp. a formal or official one 2) to reprove or rebuke severely • Etymology: 1630–40; < F réprimande, MF reprimend < L reprimenda that is to be repressed, neut. pl. ger. of… …
6criticize — criticize, reprehend, blame, censure, reprobate, condemn, denounce are comparable when they mean to find fault with someone or something openly, often publicly, and with varying degrees of severity. Criticize in its basic sense does not carry… …
7berating — noun a severe rebuke he deserved the berating that the coach gave him • Syn: ↑blowing up • Hypernyms: ↑rebuke, ↑reproof, ↑reproval, ↑reprehension, ↑reprimand …
8blowing up — noun a severe rebuke he deserved the berating that the coach gave him • Syn: ↑berating • Hypernyms: ↑rebuke, ↑reproof, ↑reproval, ↑reprehension, ↑reprimand …
9punish — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discipline, correct, chastise, chasten, castigate, penalize, sentence, train, reprove, scold, lecture, fine, incarcerate, imprison, immure, expel, execute, exile, behead, hang, electrocute, dismiss, disbar, disbench,… …
10Disputation — For the iconographic subject, see Christ among the Doctors. A disputation between Jewish and Christian scholars, (1483). In the scholastic system of education of the Middle Ages, disputations (in Latin: disputationes, singular: disputatio)… …
