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reproach
Synonyms and Antonyms of reproach
- your public display of boorish behavior is a reproach to this entire school
- a letter of reproach was added to her dossier
citation, commendation, endorsement (also indorsement)
- nothing the traitor did in later life lessened the reproach in which he was universally held
reproach
Synonyms and Antonyms of reproach
- our neighbor loudly reproached us for tromping through his yard
admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove
abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate
- she cleared her throat as a way of reproaching us for having our elbows on the table
berate, castigate, chew out, dress down, flay, harangue, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rail (at or against), rate, scold, score, upbraid
abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, knock, lash, pan, reprehend, slam
- the governor reproached the legislature for failing to pass the budget on time and once again throwing the state into fiscal chaos
Synonym Discussion of reproach
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- gently reproved my table manners
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- the papal letter rebuked dissenting clerics
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- reprimanded by the ethics committee
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- admonished by my parents to control expenses
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- reproached him for tardiness
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- chided by their mother for untidiness
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