Reproach

Noun

 * 1) A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
 * 2) Disgrace or shame.
 * 1) Disgrace or shame.

Verb

 * 1) To criticize or rebuke someone.
 * 2) To disgrace, or bring shame upon someone.

Synonyms

 * blame, rebuke, upbraid
 * disgrace, dishonor
 * See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Derived terms

 * beyond reproach
 * reproachful

Adjectives for Reproach
sorrowful; violent; constant; continual; disgustful ; subtle; unutterable; thick-tongued ; serious; bitter; ingenuous; mute; passionate; galling; unjust; mild; smiling; dumb; tacit; mystic; selfish; fierce; self; mingled; undeserved; angry; generous.

Verbs for Reproach
attach—to; cast—upon; disfavor—; expose to—; fling—at; imply—; justify—; over¬whelm with—; resist—; support—; warrant —; —blots; —corrects; —cuts; —disgraces; —implicates; —reflects; —slurs; —sullies; —upsets.

Adverbs for Reproach
passionately; bitterly; abusively; violently; sorrowfully; subtly; mutely; gallingly; tacitly; fiercely; undeservedly; ungenerously; selfishly.

Thesaurus
accusal, accusation, accuse, accusing, admonish, admonishment, admonition, allegation, allege, allegement, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, arraignment, article, aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bend sinister, bill of particulars, black eye, black mark, blame, blot, blur, book, brand, bring accusation, bring charges, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bring to book, bringing of charges, bringing to book, broad arrow, burning shame, byword, byword of reproach, call down, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, cast reproach upon, castigation, censure, champain, charge, chastisement, chide, chiding, cite, complain, complain against, complaint, condemn, correction, count, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, debase, decry, defrock, degrade, delation, denounce, denouncement, denunciate, denunciation, deplume, dirty shame, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, displume, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, fulminate against, hang something on, humiliate, humiliation, impeach, impeachment, implication, imply, impugn, imputation, impute, impute shame to, indict, indictment, inform against, inform on, information, innuendo, insinuate, insinuation, inveigh against, lawsuit, lay charges, laying of charges, lecture, lesson, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, low-down dirty shame, mark of Cain, objurgation, onus, pillory, pillorying, pin on, plaint, point champain, prefer charges, press charges, prosecution, put on report, put to shame, rap, rating, rebuke, reflect discredit upon, reflect upon, reflection, report, reprehend, reprehension, reprimand, reprobate, reprobation, reproof, reproval, scandal, scolding, sermon, shake up, shame, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, spanking, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, suit, taint, take to task, tarnish, task, taunt with, tax, taxing, tick off, true bill, twit, unfrock, unspoken accusation, upbraiding, veiled accusation, wig

Etymology
reprochier: (Modern reprocher:).

Noun

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 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: zarzut
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:


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 * Serbo-Croatian: sramota, blamaža

Verb

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 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German: einen Vorwurf machen, Vorwürfe machen, vorwerfen


 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: zarzucać
 * Romanian: reproşa, imputa
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: upcast


 * Hungarian: megszégyenít
 * Polish: zarzucać


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