Reprehensible vs Rebuke – What’s the difference?

Reprehensible vs Rebuke - What's the difference?
As an adjective reprehensible is reprehensible. As a noun rebuke is a harsh criticism. As a verb rebuke is to criticise harshly; to reprove.

reprehensible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

  • Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
  • Deserving of reprehension.
  • * 1998 , Greg Morrow and Dylan Verheul, ” The Sandman Annotations, Sandman 14
  • Scarlett O’Hara was the heroine of the novel/movie Gone with the Wind” and the reprehensible sequel ”Scarlett .

    Synonyms

    * at fault, deplorable, remiss

    Noun

    (en noun)

  • A reprehensible person; a villain.
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    rebuke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

  • A harsh criticism.
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
  • There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.

    Verb

    (rebuk)

  • To criticise harshly; to reprove.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

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