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rebuking

rebuking is the present participle and gerund of rebuke.

Meaning of rebuke

Verb

rebuke (third-person singular simple present rebukes, present participle rebuking, simple past and past participle rebuked)

  1. To criticise harshly; to reprove.
    • O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, 6:(please specify the verse(s))

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Noun

rebuking (plural rebukings)

  1. The act of giving a rebuke.
    • But the more the rebukings of God met thine ear, / Thou, freed from the terror, didst love Him the more; / And what in the vile only kindles up fear, / Led thee, in thy holiness, Him to adore.1844, William Bingham Tappan, The Daughter of the Isles, and Other Poems, page 193

Forms of rebuking

pluralrebukings

Questions about rebuking

What does rebuking mean?
Rebuking means the act of giving a rebuke.
What is rebuking the present participle and gerund of?
Rebuking is the present participle and gerund of rebuke.
What part of speech is rebuking?
Rebuking is a noun.
What is the plural of rebuking?
The plural of rebuking is rebukings.

Words near rebuking in the dictionary

  1. rebuker
  2. rebukers
  3. rebukes
  4. rebukest
  5. rebuketh
  6. rebuking
  7. rebukingly
  8. rebukings
  9. rebulb
  10. rebulbed
  11. rebulbing

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