Synonyms:
rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
Meaning: an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
She was disturbed by his threat to reprimand Baldos.
John always resented such reprimand, and reproof, with a great degree of passion, though they never quarrelled, unless Thomas was intoxicated.
He had had occasion to reprimand this waiter at lunch for gross negligence, and here was Lucy alleging he had done so without any reason that she could see, and anyhow roughly.
This wild outbreak on the part of Sola so greatly surprised and shocked the other women, that, after a few words of general reprimand, they all lapsed into silence and were soon asleep.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Edward VII, License CC BY-SA 4.0