Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reproachful"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reproachful \Re*proach"ful\ (-f?l), a.
1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding;
opprobrious; abusive.

The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed
in my dishonor here. --Shak.

2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a
reproachful life.

Syn: Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive;
insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous;
disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful;
disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous. --
{Re*proach"ful*ly} (r?-pr?ch"f?l-l?), adv. --
{Re*proach"ful*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reproachful
adj : expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
[syn: {admonitory}, {admonishing}, {reproving}]


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