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Reproachful adj.

Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. "The reproachful speeches... That he hath breathed in my dishonor here."

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

Synonyms: Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous.

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Etymology of 'Reproachful'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reproachful" Quotes from Famous Books

... depended on the garden to help me out," said she, giving a reproachful glance at the soggy grass and dripping trees. "The girls could swing and run about in the grass, and now we'll all have to stay cooped together in the house! I wouldn't mind it a bit with Laura and Ivy. We could do lots of things inside—but the ...

— Peggy-Alone • Mary Agnes Byrne

... however, I was startled by hearing a woman's voice raised in angry, reproachful words, followed immediately by the sound of a scuffle, and then a stifled cry. Without further hesitation ...

— The Seven Secrets • William Le Queux

... Twelve-pence per Barrel, on all salted Beef and Pork, raise a Fund for Premiums, to the greatest Number of Acres plow'd in each County; that at least we may have Bread for our Natives, who dare not hope for Flesh to eat with it. 'Tis a sad and a reproachful Prospect to us, to observe the Chinese levelling Mountains, banking in Rivers, and draining Morasses, to improve and Dung them for the Plow; and to see in Ireland, as fertile Plains as any in the Earth, lying untill'd, and ...

— A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. • Anonymous

... that of which he had been given a glimpse. The best elements of his nature had been profoundly moved, and brought to the surface, and he found them alien to the pair on the piazza. He was even self-reproachful that he saw with so little ...

— A Young Girl's Wooing • E. P. Roe

... for the whole school; Carrie took the punishment as keenly as if she had been the culprit and grieved herself sick over her friend's unhappiness; and the teacher was almost as sorrowful. The reproachful look in the black eyes haunted her until several times she was on the point of allowing the girl to take her seat, but each time came the thought, "If I let this offense go unpunished, I will soon have the whole school defying me. No, she must obey, even ...

— Tabitha at Ivy Hall • Ruth Alberta Brown

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