reproach

  • 11reproach — [[t]rɪpro͟ʊtʃ[/t]] reproaches, reproaching, reproached 1) VERB If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong. [V n] She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn t live up… …

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  • 12reproach — 1 noun formal 1 (U) blame or disapproval for the things you have done: “Are you going already?” he cried, his voice full of reproach. | beyond/above reproach formal (=impossible to criticize; perfect): His behaviour throughout this affair has… …

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  • 13reproach — re|proach1 [ rı proutʃ ] noun 1. ) count or uncount an expression of criticism and disappointment because of something bad that someone has done: In a voice full of reproach, she told him that he had let down the whole class. 2. ) singular… …

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  • 14reproach — reproachable, adj. reproachableness, n. reproachably, adv. reproacher, n. reproachingly, adv. /ri prohch /, v.t. 1. to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure …

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  • 15reproach — {{11}}reproach (n.) mid 14c., a rebuke, a reproach; also object of scorn or contempt; c.1400, as disgrace, state of disgrace, from O.Fr. reproche (12c.), from reprocher to blame, bring up against, said by some Fr. etymologists to be from V.L.… …

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  • 16reproach — I n. 1) a term of reproach 2) above, beyond reproach II v. (D; refl., tr.) to reproach for * * * [rɪ prəʊtʃ] beyond reproach (D;refl.,tr.) to reproachfor a term of reproach above …

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  • 17reproach — 1. verb Albert reproached him for being late See reprimand 1. See also note at rebuke 2. noun 1) an expression of reproach See reprimand 2. 2) this party is a reproach to Canadian politics Syn …

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  • 18reproach — I. noun Etymology: Middle English reproche, from Anglo French, from reprocher to reproach, from Vulgar Latin *repropiare to bring close, show, from Latin re + prope near more at approach Date: 14th century 1. an expression of rebuke or… …

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  • 19reproach — /rəˈproʊtʃ / (say ruh prohch) verb (t) 1. to find fault with (a person, etc.); blame; censure. 2. Obsolete to be a cause of blame or discredit to. –noun 3. blame or censure conveyed by reproaching: a term of reproach. 4. an expression of… …

  • 20reproach — v. & n. v.tr. 1 express disapproval to (a person) for a fault etc. 2 scold; rebuke; censure. 3 archaic rebuke (an offence). n. 1 a rebuke or censure (heaped reproaches on them). 2 (often foll. by to) a thing that brings disgrace or discredit… …

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