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re·proach
I. \rə̇ˈprōch, rēˈp-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English reproche, from Middle French, from Old French, from reprochier, v.
1.
a. : a source of disgrace or shame : a cause of blame or censure : an occasion of discredit : something (as a fact, matter, feature, or quality) producing disgrace or blame
< make us see in our whole prison system a reproach — B.N.Cardozo >
< made their calling a reproach and a hissing — A.M.Young >
b. : the quality or state (as disgrace, shame, blame, discredit, or opprobrium) so incurred
< these rare exceptions did not take away the reproach which lay on the whole body — T.B.Macaulay >
2. : the act or action of reproaching sometimes sternly or abusively and sometimes mildly and gently as an upbraiding
< a term of reproach >
< was above reproach >
< turned a look of keen reproach on him — George Eliot >
< the abstainers are not regarded with reproach — Freeman Lincoln >
3. : an expression of censure, disapproval, or rebuke
< raged at … him with contradictory reproaches — Joseph Conrad >
< answer … letters sadly and patiently and with no reproaches — Margaret Deland >
< her greeting was a playful reproach — Willa Cather >
4. obsolete : one subjected to censure or scorn : an object of contempt
< we are become a reproach to our neighbors — Ps 79:4 (Authorized Version) >
5. reproaches plural, usually capitalized : a series of antiphons that are made up of sentences represented as addressed by Christ to his people to remind them of his services to mankind and their ingratitude and are individually followed by the Trisagion sung as a respond and that constitute a service or part of a service on Good Friday in the Roman Catholic and some Anglican churches
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle French reprocher, from Old French reprochier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin repropiare, from Latin re- + Late Latin -propiare (as in appropiare to approach) — more at approach
1. : to cast up to someone as deserving reproach : bring up as a fault or demerit : allude to as blameworthy : make a matter of reproach — usually used with to or against
< his conscience reproached him nothing — Andre Ambron >
< the mere fact … should not be reproached against them — London Daily News >
2. : to utter a reproach to:
a. : to upbraid, censure, or tax with something blameworthy or reprehensible especially through hurt disappointment or chagrin : rebuke strongly or sternly : scold
< I should like to … reproach her for being false — George Meredith >
b. : to chide gently or in a friendly spirit often in an appeal for amendment : reprove constructively and helpfully : express disappointment and disapproval to
< she was very glad to see me and reproached me for giving her no notice of my coming — Jane Austen >
3. : to bring into discredit : constitute a cause of reproach to
< you might reproach your life — Shakespeare >
4. : to cast reproach, blame, or discredit on
< the triviality with which we often reproach the remarks of the chorus — Matthew Arnold >
Synonyms: see reprove |