reproveverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈpruːv/us/rɪˈpruːv/formalto tell someone that you disapprove of their bad or silly behaviour:
The teacher gently reproved the boys for not paying attention.
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Chastising & rebuking
- admonition
- barracking
- bawl
- be in sb's face idiom
- beat yourself up
- bring
- come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
- dressing-down
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lay
- neck
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproachful
- there'll be hell to pay idiom
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- tirade
- upbraid
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reproving
adjective uk/rɪˈpruː.vɪŋ/us/rɪˈpruː.vɪŋ/
She threw him an angry and reproving look/glance.