Definitions for reproach

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reproach re·proach

Spelling: [ri-prohch]

IPA: /rɪˈproʊtʃ/

Reproach is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 267 anagrams from letters in reproach (acehoprr).

Definitions for reproach

noun

1. blame or censure conveyed in disapproval:
2. an expression of upbraiding, censure, or reproof.
3. disgrace, discredit, or blame incurred:
4. a cause or occasion of disgrace or discredit.
5. the Reproaches, Also called Improperia. Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church. a series of antiphons sung in church on Good Friday, consisting of words addressed by Christ to His people, reminding them of His mercies and of their ingratitude.
6. an object of scorn or contempt.

verb (used with object)

1. to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
2. to upbraid.
3. to be a cause of blame or discredit to.

Origin of reproach

1375-1425; (noun) late Middle English reproche Old French, derivative of reprochier to reproach Vulgar Latin *repropiāre to bring back near, equivalent to Latin re- re-

Examples for reproach

A man of any rank may, without any reproach, abstain totally from tasting such liquors.

But this only subjected me to reproach, as having a prepossession in his favour which I would not own.

Would that the conduct of England had been at this time free from reproach!

Tell me that you submit to my arguments, and do not reproach me for using such.

Before that grieved organ-tone of reproach, Kitty's eyes filled.

But I will not reproach the dead; her punishment came all too swiftly.

Architecture also, with few exceptions, has long been our reproach.

The father looked at Mary with a reproach that was pathetic.

As he moves towards a conclusion, he sounds an extended note of reproach.

He decided, for his own peace of mind, that he had nothing with which to reproach himself.