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re·proach·ful

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–adjective

1.	full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.

2.	Obsolete. deserving reproach; shameful.

[Origin: 1540–50; reproach + -ful

]

—Related forms

re·proach·ful·ly, adverb

re·proach·ful·ness, noun

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re·proach·ful Audio Help (rĭ-prōch'fəl) Pronunciation Key
adj. Expressing reproach or blame.

re·proach'ful·ly adv., re·proach'ful·ness n.

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reproachful
adjective
expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective [syn: admonitory]

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reˈproachful adjective

showing or expressing reproach
Example: a reproachful look; reproachful words

Arabic:	لَوْمي، تأنيبي
Chinese (Simplified):	应受责备的
Chinese (Traditional):	應受責備的
Czech:	vyčítavý
Danish:	bebrejdende
Dutch:	verwijtend
Estonian:	etteheitev
Finnish:	moittiva
French:	réprobateur
German:	vorwurfsvoll
Greek:	επιτιμητικός
Hungarian:	szemrehányó
Icelandic:	ásakandi
Indonesian:	menyatakan teguran
Italian:	di rimprovero*

Japanese:	非難する
Korean:	책망하는, 치욕감을 주는
Latvian:	pārmetošs; pārmetumu pilns
Lithuanian:	priekaištingas
Norwegian:	bebreidende, klandrende
Polish:	pełen wyrzutu
Portuguese (Brazil):	reprovador
Portuguese (Portugal):	reprovador
Romanian:	plin de reproş
Russian:	укоризненный
Slovak:	vyčítavý
Slovenian:	očitajoč
Spanish:	de reproche
Swedish:	förebrående
Turkish:	sitem eden

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Reproachful

Re*proach"ful\ (-f?l), a. 1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.

The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. --Shak.

2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

Syn: Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous. -- Re*proach"ful*ly (r?-pr?ch"f?l-l?), adv. -- Re*proach"ful*ness, n.

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