Reproach
noun
An expression of disapproval or disappointment.
She looked at me with reproach when I broke my promise.
Often appears as...
- look of reproach
- voice of reproach
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Disapproving
verb
To express disapproval or disappointment.
Mother reproached me for coming home late.
Often appears as...
- reproach someone for something
- reproach oneself
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An expression of disapproval or disappointment.
She looked at me with reproach when I broke my promise.
Often appears as...
- look of reproach
- voice of reproach
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To express disapproval or disappointment.
Mother reproached me for coming home late.
Often appears as...
- reproach someone for something
- reproach oneself
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Reproach carries a negative emotional impact, often used to express emotional hurt.
His father's reproach after the accident was harder to bear than the injuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Correction
Used to point out someone's mistake in a mild or indirect way.
Her reproachful glance was enough to make him realize his error.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation Gap
Suggests a shortfall from expected behavior or standards.
His tardiness was met with reproach, as punctuality was valued in the team.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Reproach carries a negative emotional impact, often used to express emotional hurt.
His father's reproach after the accident was harder to bear than the injuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Correction
Used to point out someone's mistake in a mild or indirect way.
Her reproachful glance was enough to make him realize his error.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation Gap
Suggests a shortfall from expected behavior or standards.
His tardiness was met with reproach, as punctuality was valued in the team.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Reproach carries a negative emotional impact, often used to express emotional hurt.
His father's reproach after the accident was harder to bear than the injuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Correction
Used to point out someone's mistake in a mild or indirect way.
Her reproachful glance was enough to make him realize his error.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation Gap
Suggests a shortfall from expected behavior or standards.
His tardiness was met with reproach, as punctuality was valued in the team.
Compare with
blamecensurecondemnationcritdenunciationdisapprovaldisparagerebukerepudiate
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What is international...
liberation of people and people's based on structural transformation which is a fantastic definition with this idea that we'd actually changed the global economy to help the poorest to the poor and I think it's really a reproach to us that we've moved away from thinking that big
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Let's crowdsource the...
reform well reproaching 2015 so we better assess how are we doing on these goals but we've also got to decide do we like such global goals some people don't and if we like them we've got to decide what we want to do on these goals going forward what does the world want to do
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Nervous Human, Nervous...
you know it was a lot little lost he mentioned to not really call her to kind of reproach her and use sight or smell as a way to connect her back to you so that was really very good so that's how you help them okay you see how the nose
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Ben Dunlap: The...
he heard me hold forth on human iniquity. I delivered a lecture in which I described history as, on the whole, a tidal wave of human suffering and brutality, and Mr. Teszler came up to me afterwards with gentle reproach and said,
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What is international...
liberation of people and people's based on structural transformation which is a fantastic definition with this idea that we'd actually changed the global economy to help the poorest to the poor and I think it's really a reproach to us that we've moved away from thinking that big
Video examples
Let's crowdsource the...
reform well reproaching 2015 so we better assess how are we doing on these goals but we've also got to decide do we like such global goals some people don't and if we like them we've got to decide what we want to do on these goals going forward what does the world want to do
Video examples
Nervous Human, Nervous...
you know it was a lot little lost he mentioned to not really call her to kind of reproach her and use sight or smell as a way to connect her back to you so that was really very good so that's how you help them okay you see how the nose
Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
he heard me hold forth on human iniquity. I delivered a lecture in which I described history as, on the whole, a tidal wave of human suffering and brutality, and Mr. Teszler came up to me afterwards with gentle reproach and said,
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
French Athlete
Klopp would reproach me for not tracking back properly. I took things on board, and I listened to him. I worked hard in training; I stayed behind after training. That's what helped me to shine in the Bundesliga because I scored quite a lot of goals despite some difficult games in the league.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
German Businessman
As I read the scriptures, it appears that those who receive the Savior's strongest reproach are often those who hold themselves in high esteem because of their wealth, influence, or perceived righteousness.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Poet
I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors.
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Elias Hicks
American Clergyman
Therefore, don't let sinners take courage to think they will be favoured like the thief on the cross; for we see on the other side, they may be like the hardened one, and reproach death itself.
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Claude Chabrol
French Director
I wanted to make a film about stupid people that was very vulgar and deeply stupid. From that moment on I can hardly be reproached for making a film that is about stupid people.
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Robert Peel
English Leader
But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.
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Louisa May Alcott
American Novelist
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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Jesse Helms
American Politician
We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.
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Karl Kraus
Austrian Writer
A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
French Athlete
Klopp would reproach me for not tracking back properly. I took things on board, and I listened to him. I worked hard in training; I stayed behind after training. That's what helped me to shine in the Bundesliga because I scored quite a lot of goals despite some difficult games in the league.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
German Businessman
As I read the scriptures, it appears that those who receive the Savior's strongest reproach are often those who hold themselves in high esteem because of their wealth, influence, or perceived righteousness.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Poet
I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors.
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Elias Hicks
American Clergyman
Therefore, don't let sinners take courage to think they will be favoured like the thief on the cross; for we see on the other side, they may be like the hardened one, and reproach death itself.
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Claude Chabrol
French Director
I wanted to make a film about stupid people that was very vulgar and deeply stupid. From that moment on I can hardly be reproached for making a film that is about stupid people.
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Robert Peel
English Leader
But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.
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Louisa May Alcott
American Novelist
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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Jesse Helms
American Politician
We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.
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Karl Kraus
Austrian Writer
A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
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