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reproach
[ ri-prohch ]
verb (used with object)
- to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
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Antonyms:
- to upbraid.
- to be a cause of blame or discredit to.
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noun
- blame or censure conveyed in disapproval:
a term of reproach.
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- an expression of upbraiding, censure, or reproof.
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Antonyms:
- disgrace, discredit, or blame incurred:
to bring reproach on one's family.
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Antonyms:
- 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
/ ɪˈəʊʃ /
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
- ˈDz, adverb
- ˈDz, noun
- ˈDz, adjective
- ˈDzness, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·Dza· adjective
- ·Dza··ness noun
- ·Dza· adverb
- ·Dzİ noun
- ·DziԲ· adverb
- un·Dza· adjective
- un·Dza··ness noun
- un·Dza· adverb
- ܲr·Dz adjective
- ܲr·DziԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of reproach1
yvlog 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.
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Example Sentences
To be fair, the Coastal Commission staff and its commissioners are not beyond reproach, nor have commissioners always served with honor, so scrutiny and pushback ought to be part of the process.
It’s a similar reproach to the dregs of modern culture that you’d see in a “Saw” film, only far more cruel and snobby.
There is a lovely moment when McIlroy reproaches himself for eating with just a fork "like an American".
Raskin also reproached House Republicans for helping Trump escape justice and engaging in "sinister revisionism" to "obscure or vaporize the plain reality described in the special counsel’s report."
Welsh Labour MP Steve Witherden has apologised after being reproached for drinking milk from a carton in the House of Commons last week.
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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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