reproachful

[ ri-prohch-fuhl ]

adjective

1. full of or expressing reproach or censure:

   a reproachful look.

2. Obsolete. deserving reproach; shameful.

reproachful

/ rɪˈprəʊtʃfʊl /

adjective

1. full of or expressing reproach
2. archaic.
   deserving of reproach; disgraceful

Derived Forms

• reˈproachfully, adverb
• reˈproachfulness, noun

Other Words From

• re·proach·ful·ly adverb
• re·proach·ful·ness noun
• un·re·proach·ful adjective
• un·re·proach·ful·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reproachful¹

First recorded in 1540–50; reproach + -ful

Example Sentences

Sick with jealousy and spite, she bowed as she passed, trying to look eighteen, and tenderly reproachful.

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Something in the tone of the man seemed to his listener uncalled for—in a sense reproachful, singular.

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If he had expected to find her languishing, reproachful, or indulging in sentimental tears, he must have been greatly surprised.

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I whispered, in a tone strangely in contrast with the angry and reproachful air I had assumed.

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His stump of a tail drooped dejectedly as he looked at her with big reproachful eyes.

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Related Words

• defamatory
• degrading
• demeaning
• disparaging
• sarcastic
• slanderous
• unflattering