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reproachful - 3 dictionary results

re⋅proach⋅ful

[ri-prohch-fuhl]
–adjective
1. full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
2. Obsolete. deserving reproach; shameful.

Origin:
1540–50; reproach + -ful


re⋅proach⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
re⋅proach⋅ful⋅ness, noun
re·proach·ful   (rĭ-prōch'fəl)   
adj.  Expressing reproach or blame.
re·proach'ful·ly adv., re·proach'ful·ness n.

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.
Language Translation for : reproachful
Spanish: de reproche,
German: vorwurfsvoll,
Japanese: 非難する
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