Word Meanings - REPROACH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your

Additional info about word: REPROACH

LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life. Shak. 2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgracefull against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ. 1 Peter iv. 14. That this newcomer, Shame, There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. Milton. Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight. Repelled the victors. Dryden. Syn. -- To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REPROACH)

• Abuse
• Injure
• damage
• spoil
• maltreat
• treat-all
• ill-use
• ill-treat
• retile
• scandalize
• disparage
• reproach
• upbraid
• asperse
• malign
• slander
• vituperate
• prostitute
• defame
• pervert
• misuse
• misemploy
• vilify
• Mistreatment
• invective
• ill-treatment
• opprobrium
• scurrility
• vituperation
• ribaldry
• obloquy
• insolence
• misusage
• ill-usage
• Blame
• Censure
• chide
• rebuke
• dispraise
• disapprove
• condemn
• reprehend
• reprobate
• reprove
• stricture
• inculpate
• berate
• scold
• disapproval
• remonstrance
• reprimand
• dispiaise
• Ignominy
• Disgrace
• reprobation
• shame
• contempt
• dishonor
• infamy

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REPROACH)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Sanction

Related words: (words related to REPROACH)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• MALIGNANT
  Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule , a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of
• MALIGNITY
  1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. 2. Virulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward. 3. Extreme evilness of nature
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• DEFAMER
  One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.
• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• IGNOMINY
  a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F. 1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake,
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CHIDESTER
  A female scold.
• SHAMEFAST
  Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 .
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• OPPROBRIUM
  Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language. Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• SLANDEROUS
  1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. "Slanderous tongue." Shak. 2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. -- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. -- Slan"der*ous*ness, n.
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• DISPARAGEMENT
  1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a
• CHIDER
  One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.