All 5 Uses of
rebuke
in
The Iceman Cometh
- JIMMY—(with bleery benevolence, shaking his head in mild rebuke) No, Larry, old friend, you can't deceive me.†
Act 1 *rebuke = criticize severely; or such criticism
- MARGIE—(rebukingly) Yuh oughtn't to call Cora dat.†
Act 1
- MOSHER—(with a flash of his usual humor—rebukingly) Remember, Lieutenant, you are speaking of my sister!†
Act 2
- (He grabs his schooner and takes a greedy gulp—then sets it back on the table with a grimace of distaste—in a strange, arrogantly disdainful tone, as if he were rebuking a butler) Dis vine is unfit to trink†
Act 2rebuking = criticizing severely
- ROCKY—(rebukingly) Aw, lay off dat.†
Act 3
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."