REBUKED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

rebuked

verb

past tense of rebuke

as in admonished

to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college

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as in scolded

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches

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as in reprimanded

to express public or formal disapproval of in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings

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Recent Examples of rebuked Powell rebuked those efforts as a pressure tactic from the executive branch. —

Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 15 May 2026 Moreover, though Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion in Alston that rebuked the NCAA’s treatment of college athletes, none of the other eight justices joined him. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026 Journalists and their advocates rebuked the move as an attack on press freedom in Argentina. —

Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026 Presnell in his April 9 order rebuked Florida Virtual School for its pursuit of nationwide damages, writing that its lawyers had presented no proof that the school had suffered financial harm, an essential element of trademark infringement cases. —

Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026 Mendoza rebuked the notion that this decision takes pressure off the players. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026 Georg Baselitz, a preeminent painter of postwar Germany and an engine of the 1980s Neo-Expressionist movement that rebuked Minimalism, and who would later come under fire for his comments about women artists, has died at 88. —

Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026 This included an agreement for Ryan Field to host six additional concerts at the venue, which was later rebuked by many neighborhood residents. —

Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 In his six years in the Senate, where Kempthorne also served on the Senate Armed Services Committee, he was rebuked for working to limit federal involvement in enforcing environmental policy. —

Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2026

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But her patients of various faiths admonished her for not observing the most sacred Jewish holiday.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
That is, until she’s condescended by her chic coworker Emily (Emily Blunt), admonished by Miranda, and given a makeover by Runway art director Nigel (Stanley Tucci).

— Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026