All 5 Uses of
rebuke
in
The Good Earth
- At this they united in turning on him and in rebuking him, "Now here is a pig-tailed country bumpkin who understands nothing of city life and of what may be done with money.†
Chpt 14
- Then she forgave him royally and he was afraid to rebuke her in any way for what she wished to do, and after that when he came to her Lotus, if she were talking or drinking tea or eating some sweetmeat with his uncle's wife, would bid him wait and was careless with him, and he strode away, angry that she was unwilling for him to come in when this other woman sat there, and his love cooled a little, although he did not know it himself.†
Chpt 21
- And this too made a disturbance in Wang Lung's house, for he was ashamed to rebuke his father, and yet he feared the anger of Lotus, since he had found she had a pretty petulant temper that she loosed easily.†
Chpt 21
- Now the strange thing was that whereas the boy might burst into weeping at a chance rebuke, he stood these beatings under the bamboo without a sound, his face carven and pale as an image.†
Chpt 22 *
- Then the young man was stung with this rebuke of his father against him, for more than anything he feared any who accused him of behavior that was not correct, as though he were common and ignorant, and he answered quickly, "It is not for my wife.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(rebuke) criticize severely; or such criticism