Definition of reproach

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Reproach (v.) The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach..

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Honorable :: Honorable (a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive..
Taunt :: Taunt (v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
Slander :: Slander (n.) Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
Obloquious :: Obloquious (a.) Containing obloquy; reproachfu.
Puritan :: Puritan (n.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England..
Opprobrious :: Opprobrious (a.) Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language..
Lampoon :: Lampoon (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress..
Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
Sarcasm :: Sarcasm (n.) A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
Reviling :: Reviling (a.) Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches.
Sentimental :: Sentimental (a.) Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense.
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Revile :: Revile (n.) Reproach; reviling.
Reproach :: Reproach (v.) A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous..
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) Censure; reproach cast.
Spot :: Spot (n.) A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
Effeminacy :: Effeminacy (n.) Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men..
Discommendation :: Discommendation (n.) Blame; censure; reproach.
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