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reproachful
/ rɪˈprəʊtʃfʊl /
adjective
- full of or expressing reproach
- archaic.deserving of reproach; disgraceful
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Derived Forms
- reˈproachfulness, noun
- reˈproachfully, adverb
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Other Words From
- re·proach·ful·ly adverb
- re·proach·ful·ness noun
- un·re·proach·ful adjective
- un·re·proach·ful·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reproachful1
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Example Sentences
Sick with jealousy and spite, she bowed as she passed, trying to look eighteen, and tenderly reproachful.
Something in the tone of the man seemed to his listener uncalled for—in a sense reproachful, singular.
If he had expected to find her languishing, reproachful, or indulging in sentimental tears, he must have been greatly surprised.
I whispered, in a tone strangely in contrast with the angry and reproachful air I had assumed.
His stump of a tail drooped dejectedly as he looked at her with big reproachful eyes.
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