Reproach
[rɪ'prəʊtʃ] or [rɪ'protʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a mild rebuke or criticism; 'words of reproach'.
(noun.) disgrace or shame; 'he brought reproach upon his family'.
(verb.) express criticism towards; 'The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior'.
Edited by Denny--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.
(v. t.) To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
(v.) The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.
(v.) A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
(v.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.
Inputed by Frieda
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Censure, blame, reprove, reprehend, REPRIMAND, upbraid.[2]. Revile, vilify, defame, asperse, abuse, speak ill of.
n. [1]. Censure, reproof, disapprobation, disapproval, blame, invective, upbraiding, condemnation, reprobation, remonstrance, reprehension, expostulation, rebuke, reprimand, railing, contumely.[2]. Dishonor, disgrace, shame, obloquy, opprobrium, odium, scandal, ignominy, infamy, abasement, indignity.
Checker: Nicole
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See APPROBATION]
SYN:Blame, censure, taunt, rebuke, upbraid, reprobate, reprove
ANT:Laud, praise, approve, commend
Typist: Rebecca
Definition
v.t. to cast in one's teeth: to censure severely: to upbraid: to revile: to treat with contempt.—n. the act of reproaching: reproof: censure: blame in opprobrious language: disgrace: occasion of blame: an object of scorn.—adj. Reproach′able deserving reproach: opprobrious.—n. Reproach′ableness.—adv. Reproach′ably.—n. Reproach′er.—adj. Reproach′ful full of reproach or blame: abusive: scurrilous: bringing reproach: shameful: disgraceful.—adv. Reproach′fully.—n. Reproach′fulness.—adj. Reproach′less without reproach.—The Reproaches antiphons chanted in R.C. churches on Good Friday after the prayers which succeed the Gospel of the Passion their subject the ingratitude of the Jews in rejecting and crucifying Christ.
Checked by Dale
Examples
- I must reproach her with her faults, and then--she will throw the plates and dishes in my face! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Nay, pardon me, he replied; I have no right to command or reproach; but my life hangs on your departure and speedy return. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A man of any rank may, without any reproach, abstain totally from tasting such liquors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She does her best to destroy my fortunes and her own, and she won't reproach me! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You are very kind not to reproach me, she said: I weep, and a bitter pang of intolerable sorrow tears my heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It's an unfortunate name, and I fancy I should reproach myself if I gave it to another dear child, and it proved again unlucky. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I will not reproach you, Charley. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She reproached herself, coloured, and looked fearfully towards her father and mother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A thousand times she reproached herself, as with a crime, that she should revive to happiness with him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She told him how she had traced him, reproached him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But when I sat in the carriage just now and saw you coming along the pavement, I reproached myself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And as she looked at her husband's portrait of nights, it no longer reproached her--perhaps she reproached it, now William was gone. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was implored, reproached, and belabored by his wife, who begged him to leave his furnace, and turn to work that would feed and clothe his growing family. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And in his last breath reproached me for stooping to a boor! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Yet this consideration does not, or rather did not in after time, diminish the reproaches of my conscience. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Your words are bitter, Rebecca, said Bois-Guilbert, pacing the apartment with impatience, but I came not hither to bandy reproaches with you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She had often vainly applied to her parents, as well as to her uncle, Lord Carysfort, who only wrote to load her with reproaches. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Sir Knight, said Rebecca, I would avoid reproaches--But what is more certain than that I owe my death to thine unbridled passion? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Is it likely that I would wilfully add to my other self-reproaches, that of being ungrateful or treacherous to you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But I make no reproaches. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was pain and there was pleasure in the girl's face as she listened to these implied reproaches. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But he'll cry himself sick, pleaded Meg, reproaching herself for deserting her boy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You are reproaching me, underhanded, with having nobody but you to look to. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This is strange indeed, when your eyes have been reproaching them every day for incautiousness. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There on his table, his sister's letter lay reproaching him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I knew that he still had the diary, for when I was in Siberia I had a letter from him once, reproaching me and quoting some passages from its pages. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Bradley