n. 25B6; verb she never rebuked him in front of others : REPRIMAND, reproach, scold, admonish, reprove, chastise, upbraid, berate, take to task, criticize, censure; informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, give someone a talking-to, give someone a dressing-down, give someone an earful; Brit. informal tick off; N. Amer. informal chew out, ream out; Austral. informal monster; formal castigate.
praise.
25B6; noun Damian was silenced by the rebuke : REPRIMAND, reproach, reproof, scolding, admonishment, admonition, reproval, upbraiding; informal telling-off, dressing-down; Brit. informal ticking-off; formal castigation.
compliment.