Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone). synonym: admonish.
- noun An expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke.
- noun Blame or disapproval.
- noun One that stands as a rebuke or blame.
- idiom (above/beyond) So good as to preclude any possibility of criticism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To charge with a fault; censure with severity; upbraid: now usually with a personal object.
- To disgrace.
- Synonyms Reprove, Rebuke, etc. (see
censure ); revile, vilify, accuse. - noun The act of reproaching; a severe expression of censure or blame.
- noun An occasion of blame or censure, shame, infamy, or disgrace; also, the state of being subject to blame or censure; a state of disgrace.
- noun An object of contempt, scorn, or derision.
- noun Synonyms Monition, Reprehension, etc. (see
admonition ), blame, reviling, abuse, invective, vilification, upbraiding. - noun Disrepute, discredit, dishonor, scandal, contumely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections.
- noun A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
- noun An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.
- transitive verb obsolete To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.
- transitive verb To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mild rebuke , or animplied criticism . - noun
Disgrace orshame . - verb To
criticize orrebuke someone. - verb To
disgrace , or bringshame upon someone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun disgrace or shame
- noun a mild rebuke or criticism
- verb express criticism towards
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A measure of the Administration's responsiveness is that the NLRB launched its assault on Boeing after the BRT provided those examples, and President Obama has refused to say a word of reproach to the agency.
The NLRB Fear Factor 2011
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She looked at him in reproach so deep that the last vestige of the terror of death was gone from her eyes.
THE KANAKA SURF 2010
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My sense, however, is that the Pennsylvanian William Findley spoke for many others in 1796 when he said that the people who raised objections to the Constitution during the ratification struggle were “called Anti-federalists, as a name of reproach,” and then added, “I do, and always did, treat the appellation with contempt.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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My sense, however, is that the Pennsylvanian William Findley spoke for many others in 1796 when he said that the people who raised objections to the Constitution during the ratification struggle were “called Anti-federalists, as a name of reproach,” and then added, “I do, and always did, treat the appellation with contempt.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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My sense, however, is that the Pennsylvanian William Findley spoke for many others in 1796 when he said that the people who raised objections to the Constitution during the ratification struggle were “called Anti-federalists, as a name of reproach,” and then added, “I do, and always did, treat the appellation with contempt.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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Why anybody would vote for people who want to extend government's control to be able to do this kind of thing without reproach is beyond me.
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Not a word of reproach was said when Ali returned to the ring against Quarry and Bonavena, though the Messenger had inveighed against the evils of sports.
Sound and Fury Dave Kindred 2006
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It was, as the Oxford English Dictionary later concluded, “essentially a term of reproach.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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It was, as the Oxford English Dictionary later concluded, “essentially a term of reproach.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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It was, as the Oxford English Dictionary later concluded, “essentially a term of reproach.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
sonofgroucho commented on the word reproach
Something that I am not beyond!
April 8, 2007
asativum commented on the word reproach
To proach again.
April 26, 2008
dailyword commented on the word reproach
Holmes would do this to Watson sometimes when he thought Watson had put too much color and life into the write ups of their cases.
August 9, 2012