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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Upbraid :: Upbraid (n.) The act of reproaching; contumely.
Wite :: Wite (v.) To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame..
Impeachment :: Impeachment (n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives..
Discredit :: Discredit (v. t.) To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
Twit :: Twit (v. t.) To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood..
Imputation :: Imputation () Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
Utilitarian :: Utilitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art..
Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed..
Tool :: Tool (n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes..
Sirrah :: Sirrah (n.) A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural..
Maledicent :: Maledicent (a.) Speaking reproachfully; slanderous.
Braid :: Braid (v. t.) To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid.
Exprobration :: Exprobration (n.) Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.
Disgrace :: Disgrace (n.) To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Galilean :: Galilean (n.) A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.
Stingaree :: Sting (v. t.) To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches..
Spotted :: Spotless (a.) Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior..
Stain :: Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
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