All 3 Uses of
rebuke
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- And after each self-rebuke she stumbled again on "I just wonder——" They ate their sandwiches by a prairie slew: long grass reaching up out of clear water, mossy bogs, red-winged black-birds, the scum a splash of gold-green.†
Chpt 5 *rebuke = criticize severely; or such criticism
- Its neatness rebuked the street.†
Chpt 15rebuked = criticized severely
- It was rumored that at the station old Champ Perry rebuked him, "You better not come back here.†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(rebuke) criticize severely; or such criticism
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In archaic literature, you may see rebuke used in a sense of "to check" or "repress."