English → Latin
“rebuke” in Latin
vituperōto censure; to scold, tell off, blame; to disparage, find fault withreprehendōto hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch; to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore; to blameobiūrgōto chide, scold, rebuke, reprimand; to chastise, punish; to dissuade or deter one from any thing, by means of reproofvituperātiōa censuring; blaming; censure; blame; charge against; criticismreprehēnsiōblame, reprimand, criticism; refutationobiūrgātiōchiding, reproving, reproof, rebuke, reprehension
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rebuke v.
vituperare (aliquem de aliqua re): reprehendere (aliquem de or in aliqua re): objurgare (aliquem de or in aliqua re, or aliqua re). SYN. in BLAME.
rebuke s.
vituperatio: reprehensio: objurgatio: a gentle rebuke, lenis objurgatio. SYN. in BLAME.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rebuke?
- The usual Latin words for “rebuke” are vituperō, reprehendō, obiūrgō; also vituperātiō, reprehēnsiō, obiūrgātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.