rebukement

English

Etymology

Equivalent to rebuke (“to criticize severely”) +‎ -ment (“the result of”). More at rebuke.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈbjuːk.mənt/

Noun

rebukement (uncountable)

1. harsh criticism
   • 1995, Richard Nolan Armstrong, Red Army Legacies: Essays on Forces, Capabilities, and Personalities [1]:

     Such rebukement would feed frustration and resentment in Heinrici.

   • 1997, A. J. J. M. Vingerhoets, Frans van Bussel, Jan Boelhouwer, The (Non)expression of Emotions in Health and Disease [2]:

     Least important are positive events and criticism/ rebukement.

   • 2000, LeRoy Powell, III, Vengeance [3]:

     Troy gave him a rebukement glare.

   • 2002, Linda Gardner, III, Full Circle on the Mountain [4]:

     I held my breath and was waiting for his rebukement about proper manners at the table but, to my surprise, he held his knee and yelled, “You got me!”

   • 2010, William Peters, The Light in the Window: Whisperings from the Soul [5]:

     I speak it softly as I sway and give way to her gentle or harsh caress or rebukement.

   • 2014, Lama Milkweed Augustine PhD, Casino Child: King of the Slot Machines [6]:

     Bob said to himself, in a tone characteristic of severe fear of rebukement and chastisement.