(to) reproach
21reproach — I. noun Etymology: Middle English reproche, from Anglo French, from reprocher to reproach, from Vulgar Latin *repropiare to bring close, show, from Latin re + prope near more at approach Date: 14th century 1. an expression of rebuke or… …
22reproach — /rəˈproʊtʃ / (say ruh prohch) verb (t) 1. to find fault with (a person, etc.); blame; censure. 2. Obsolete to be a cause of blame or discredit to. –noun 3. blame or censure conveyed by reproaching: a term of reproach. 4. an expression of… …
23reproach — v. & n. v.tr. 1 express disapproval to (a person) for a fault etc. 2 scold; rebuke; censure. 3 archaic rebuke (an offence). n. 1 a rebuke or censure (heaped reproaches on them). 2 (often foll. by to) a thing that brings disgrace or discredit… …
24reproach — Synonyms and related words: accusal, accusation, accuse, accusing, admonish, admonishment, admonition, allegation, allege, allegement, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, arraignment, article, aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy,… …
25reproach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. blame, rebuke, upbraid, censure; stigmatize. n. reproof, blame, disgrace, discredit, dishonor. See disapprobation, disrepute, accusation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. discredit, censure, rebuke; see… …
26reproach — verb 1》 express to (someone) one s disapproval of or disappointment in their actions. 2》 (reproach someone with) accuse someone of. noun 1》 an expression of disapproval or disappointment. 2》 (Reproaches) (in the Roman Catholic Church) a set of… …
27reproach — [rɪˈprəʊtʃ] verb [T] I to criticize someone for something that they have done II noun [C/U] reproach [rɪˈprəʊtʃ] a criticism that you make of someone because of something bad that they have done • beyond reproach impossible to criticize because… …
28reproach — re•proach [[t]rɪˈproʊtʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure 2) to criticize severely; upbraid 3) to be a cause of blame or discredit to 4) blame or censure conveyed in disapproval: a term of reproach[/ex] 5)… …
29Reproach — Medieval knights, those members of one of the chivalric orders or confraternities, were intended always to be without reproach, i.e. to remain a chevalier sans reproche. Breaking faith or defaulting on a promise involved, for example, being set… …
30reproach — [15] The proach of reproach is the same as that of approach. Both go back ultimately to Latin prope ‘near’. From this was formed the Vulgar Latin verb *repropiāre ‘bring back near’, which, by the time it reached Old French as reprochier, had… …
