reproachful

adjective

re·​proach·​ful -chfəl 

1

: full of reproach or reproaches : expressing censure or rebuke

reproachful words

a reproachful glance

2

archaic : involving or incurring reproach, shame, or censure : blameworthy, disgraceful, shameful

a most reproachful death

—Samuel Parker †1688

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