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Answer for the clue "Censured ", 7 letters:
rebuked

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Word definitions for rebuked in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: rebuke )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rebuke \Re*buke"\ (r[-e]*b[=u]k"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked (r[-e]*b[=u]kt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking .] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. punished especially by reproof or reprimand [syn: admonished , chastened , reprimanded , reproved ]

Usage examples of rebuked.

He twisted himself through a spiral, his mane distending threateningly as he rebuked them.

I heard the harshly guttural tones of his companion who nudged the dead boy with his booted foot, and knew that he rebuked the killer for wasting one who could have been Forged instead.

Over and over, Rolf rebuked me for treating Nighteyes as less than an equal, a distinction that both of us disputed.

When Rolf dropped by, he rebuked me for forcing Nighteyes to live in a dwelling that was entirely human.

Certainly, it did not show in his demeanour as he grumbled and rebuked me for clumsiness all the way down the stairs.

Take care to be a bit surly when you return them, as if your master had just harshly rebuked you.

The danger to you is greater than the threat to me,’ she rebuked me bitterly.

The Otter had rebuked Elliania as a daughter of the Blackwater family of the Narwhal Clan.

Nighteyes had rebuked me, saying that he had no wish to be bonded to a Forged One.

The old serving woman’s face rebuked me as she took her seat at the table.

When the younger of the girls cuffed him and rebuked him sharply for not holding the sunshade steady, Althea repressed an urge to slap her.

He gave Wintrow a small smile to reassure him, but rebuked him gently with, "Next time, be sure you want what you ask for.

He glanced at Davad as if expecting to be rebuked, but the Trader was too busy straightening his jacket.

She folded her hands at the edge of the table like a rebuked child, and for a moment I thought her quashed, until she looked up at me from under her lashes.

Kettle rebuked us, with such discouragement in her voice that I was instantly sober.