All 3 Uses
rebuke
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl - Definitive Edition
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- Dear Kitty, To get back to the subject of child-rearing (for the umpteenth time), let me tell you that I'm doing my best to be helpful, friendly and kind and to do all I can to keep the rain of rebukes down to a light drizzle.†
p. 115.3 *rebukes = criticizes severely
- I'm so used to it that I've become completely indifferent to Mother's rebukes and Margot's moodiness.†
p. 152.1
- I once told you that, after years of being adored, it was hard for me to adjust to the harsh reality of grown-ups and rebukes.†
p. 256.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(rebuke) criticize severely; or such criticism
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In archaic literature, you may see rebuke used in a sense of "to check" or "repress."