Synonyms of reproached

reproached

verb

past tense of reproach

1

as in scolded

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

our neighbor loudly reproached us for tromping through his yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolded
• lectured
• reprimanded
• criticized
• blamed
• upbraided
• berated
• chastised
• admonished
• castigated
• rebuked
• ragged
• attacked
• mocked
• lambasted
• flayed
• laid into
• called down
• faulted
• reamed (out)
• chewed out
• dressed down
• rated
• bawled out
• railed (at or against)
• ranted (at)
• basted
• scored
• reproved
• hammered
• keelhauled
• jawed
• denounced
• assailed
• condemned
• tongue-lashed
• read the riot act (to)
• censured
• lashed
• reprehended
• crucified
• slammed
• reviled
• excoriated
• disparaged
• harangued
• took to task
• chid
• remonstrated (with)
• ridiculed
• knocked
• belittled
• scourged
• panned
• abused
• scorned
• blasted
• vituperated
• scoffed
• laced (into)
• bad-mouthed
• dissed
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• praised
• extolled
• lauded

2

as in admonished

to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault

she cleared her throat as a way of reproaching us for having our elbows on the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admonished
• reprimanded
• scolded
• criticized
• blamed
• reproved
• rebuked
• faulted
• chid
• got on
• mocked
• got after
• upbraided
• ticked off
• condemned
• berated
• lectured
• censured
• castigated
• attacked
• assailed
• harangued
• denounced
• reprehended
• lambasted
• crucified
• burned one's ears
• lashed
• excoriated
• disparaged
• ridiculed
• flayed
• knocked
• belittled
• chewed out
• minimized
• derided
• dressed down
• panned
• slammed
• railed (at or against)
• scorned
• rated
• scored
• keelhauled
• scoffed
• abused
• bad-mouthed
• jawed
• blasted
• deprecated
• dissed
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• praised
• applauded
• saluted
• extolled
• hailed
• lauded
• touted
• OK'd

3

as in censured

to express public or formal disapproval of

the governor reproached the legislature for failing to pass the budget on time and once again throwing the state into fiscal chaos

Synonyms & Similar Words

• censured
• reprimanded
• denounced
• condemned
• punished
• criticized
• scolded
• reproved
• rebuked
• admonished
• called to account
• chastised
• brought to account
• upbraided
• berated
• objurgated
• castigated
• lectured
• disparaged
• ragged
• belittled
• lambasted
• cut up
• flayed
• chewed out
• told off
• dressed down
• railed (at or against)
• bawled out
• depreciated
• gibbeted
• deprecated
• rated
• scored
• keelhauled
• jawed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cited
• commended
• endorsed
• honored
• applauded
• hailed
• praised
• acclaimed
• approved
• sanctioned
• blessed
• lauded
• eulogized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reproached

The novelist and journalist Armand Lapointe, a family friend, called the portrait a failure and reproached Gonzalès for having agreed to sit for Manet. — Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Jean’s mama reproached her for not having been more careful and babied Wole, ordering him to remove his T-shirt and retrieving an aloe lotion, telling him to stretch out on the couch and instructing Jean to spread it over the tender areas. — David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025

During her tenure, she was openly critiqued for her lack of political knowledge and reproached for her Christian-fundamentalist views on evolution. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025