Reproachful
[rɪ'prəʊtʃfʊl;-f(ə)l] or [rɪ'protʃfl]
Definition
(a.) Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.
(a.) Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Opprobrious, scurrilous, abusive, railing, scolding, upbraiding, vituperative, condemnatory, censorious, damnatory, invective.
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Examples
- I cannot help being unhappy, but I do not mean to be reproachful. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her glance became faintly reproachful. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- While I watched, her eyes lifted to me a gaze more reproachful than haughty, more mournful than incensed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now, I told you so, said the spy, casting a reproachful look at his sister; if any trouble comes of this, it's your doing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He looked up at her with reproachful, saturnine eyes, vanquished in his extreme agedness of being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Littimer was in my room in the morning before I was up, to bring me that reproachful shaving-water, and to put out my clothes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I have been a good deal flurried,' replied Mrs. Raddle, in a reproachful manner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Joe gave a reproachful cough, as much as to say, Well, I told you so. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Caroline no more showed such wounding sagacity or reproachful sensitiveness now than she had done when a suckling of three months old. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was the voice of her own conscience which spoke to her through Mrs. Trenor's reproachful accents. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Upon which my sister fixed me with her eye, and said, in a low reproachful voice, Do you hear that? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Likewise, on John's offering a suggestion which didn't meet his views, his face became overcast and reproachful, as enjoining penance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If he hinted at a lecture or a concert, he was answered with a reproachful look, and a decided--Leave my children for pleasure, never! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Samivel, Samivel,' said Mr. Weller, in reproachful accents, 'I didn't think you'd ha' done it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I don't mean to be reproachful either. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fanny's eyes were turned on Crawford for a moment with an expression more than grave--even reproachful; but on catching his, were instantly withdrawn. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I shall stay, of course, I'm oldest, began Meg, looking anxious and self-reproachful. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As well be reproachful as wholly unreasonable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A half-reproachful fancy came into my mind, that he had been working at the Dictionary without my help. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His eminently practical friend, on seeing him, stopped also, and gave Louisa a reproachful look that plainly said, 'Behold your Bounderby! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Even her hard words, reproachful as they were, were complimentary--the groans of a person stinging under defeat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But (with a reproachful smile at Emma) she receives attentions from Mrs. Elton, which nobody else pays her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Perhaps you'd like to begin without them, is Mrs. Snagsby's reproachful remark. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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