rebukeful

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adjective

Full of rebuke; highly critical.

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Meanings

adjectiverebukeful (comparative more rebukeful, superlative most rebukeful)

comparative more rebukeful · superlative most rebukeful

  1. obsoleteFull 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

Origin

From rebuke + -ful.

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APA

rebukeful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebukeful

MLA

“rebukeful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebukeful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebukeful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebukeful.

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