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reproach
[ ri-prohch ]
verb (used with object)
- to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
Synonyms: criticize, condemn, reprehend, reprimand, abuse, chide
Antonyms: praise
- to upbraid.
- to be a cause of blame or discredit to.
Synonyms: shame
noun
- blame or censure conveyed in disapproval:
a term of reproach.
Synonyms: disapproval, condemnation, remonstrance, criticism, rebuke, reprehension
Antonyms: praise
- an expression of upbraiding, censure, or reproof.
Synonyms: disapproval, condemnation, remonstrance, criticism, rebuke, reprehension
Antonyms: praise
- disgrace, discredit, or blame incurred:
to bring reproach on one's family.
Synonyms: scorn, infamy, ignominy, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, disrepute, shame, dishonor
Antonyms: honor
- a cause or occasion of disgrace or discredit.
- the Reproaches. Also called Improperia. Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church. a series of antiphons sung in church on Good Friday, consisting of words addressed by Christ to His people, reminding them of His mercies and of their ingratitude.
- an object of scorn or contempt.
reproach
/ rɪˈprəʊtʃ /
verb
- to impute blame to (a person) for an action or fault; rebuke
- archaic.to bring disgrace or shame upon
noun
- the act of reproaching
- rebuke or censure; reproof
words of reproach
- disgrace or shame
to bring reproach upon one's family
- something that causes or merits blame, rebuke, or disgrace
- above reproach or beyond reproachperfect; beyond criticism
Derived Forms
- reˈproachably, adverb
- reˈproacher, noun
- reˈproachable, adjective
- reˈproachableness, noun
Other Words From
- re·proacha·ble adjective
- re·proacha·ble·ness noun
- re·proacha·bly adverb
- re·proacher noun
- re·proaching·ly adverb
- unre·proacha·ble adjective
- unre·proacha·ble·ness noun
- unre·proacha·bly adverb
- unre·proached adjective
- unre·proaching adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of reproach1
Word History and Origins
Origin of reproach1
Idioms and Phrases
- beyond / above reproach, not subject to blame or discredit; faultless:
She has always been honest and beyond reproach in her business dealings.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Masters’ tweets and messaging, particularly about public health, simply demanded a public reproach.
Your bonafides to give independent advice in a report is always subject of concern, and one should be above reproach in those situations.
It’s enough to make you paranoid — or, at least, make you consider that no one, not even the people we choose to trust, is entirely above reproach.
To be clear—I do not believe powerful, accomplished women are above reproach, and I have criticized my share.
First of all, in his 25 years, by all accounts Lane Frost lived his life above reproach.
“I realize that I am in the public spotlight and my conduct needs to be above reproach,” he said.
A man of any rank may, without any reproach, abstain totally from tasting such liquors.
Sitting on the side of her bed, her gaze is downturned, replete with a combination of remorse, self-reproach, and despair.
"It is good to pray here," she said, in a tone the mildness and sincerity of which made the reproach more cutting.
The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.
The keen resentment had faded from his face, but an immense reproach was there—a heavy, helpless, appealing reproach.
All the criminals go about and take their pleasure, thus occasioning much reproach.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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