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rebukeful

rebukeful adjective: full of rebuke; highly critical.

Adjective

rebukeful (comparative more rebukeful, superlative most rebukeful)

  1. (obsolete) Full of rebuke; highly critical.
    • He descended to the cabin to bid a ceremonious, and, it may be, tacitly rebukeful adieu.1855 October–December, Herman Melville, “Benito Cereno”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC, page 187

Forms of rebukeful

comparativemore rebukeful
superlativemost rebukeful

Origin of rebukeful

From rebuke + -ful.

Words formed from rebukeful

Questions about rebukeful

What does rebukeful mean?
Rebukeful means full of rebuke; highly critical.
What part of speech is rebukeful?
Rebukeful is an adjective.

Words near rebukeful in the dictionary

  1. rebujitos
  2. rebukable
  3. rebuke
  4. rebukeable
  5. rebuked
  6. rebukeful
  7. rebukefully
  8. rebukefulness
  9. rebukement
  10. rebuker
  11. rebukers

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