Communication

Synonyms for rebuke

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampCommunication

an act or expression of criticism and censure

He had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

reprimand

Same sentence, swapped: He had to take the reprimand with a smile on his face.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for rebuke as it is used in the sentence above.

flak
potshot
carping

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