Synonyms for reproach
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Rebuke — to criticize or rebuke (someone)
rebuke, reprimand, censure, condemn, reprove, chide formal, accuse, scold, reproof, admonish, denounce, taunt, charge, charre UK, take to task, twit, tick off, lecture, rate, reprehend, vituperate formal, dispraise, denunciate
2. Disgrace — to disgrace, or bring shame upon
disgrace, dishonor US, dishonour UK, discredit, shame, abuse, blot, disrepute, blemish, disparage, speak ill of, tarnish, spot, slur, vilify, defame, smear, stain, note, brand, blur, asperse, calumny
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To criticize or rebuke (someone).
- v. 2
To disgrace, or bring shame upon.
- n. 1
A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
Related words
- Word family
- reproachful reproachable reproacher
Forms
- Plural
- reproaches → disparagements, opprobriums, reprobations, aspersions…
- Past participle
- reproached
e.g. reproached → rebuked, reprimanded, censured, condemned…
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To reproach is to censure openly and vehemently, and with intense personal feeling as of grief or anger; as, to reproach one for ingratitude; reproach knows no distinction of rank or character; a subject may reproach a king or a criminal judge.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- condemn Would you condemn your friend for the same thing?
- rebuke He took it for an implied rebuke.
- reprimand The boss called Tatyana into his office to reprimand her.
- disgrace What you did brought disgrace on the whole class.
- dishonor We dishonor the living and venerate the dead.
By length
- 4 letters
- rate1, note1, spot1, blur1, slur1, blot1, twit
- 5 letters
- brand1, abuse2, shame1, stain1, smear1, taunt1, scold1, chide1, odium
- 6 letters
- charge1, accuse2, stigma2, rebuke2, infamy3, defame2, vilify3, charre
- 7 letters
- lecture2, condemn2, censure2, blemish2, tarnish2, reproof, calumny3, reprove, obloquy3, asperse, mempsis
- 8 letters
- disgrace2, denounce2, dishonor3, scolding2, admonish3, ignominy4
- 9 letters
- discredit3, reprimand3, dishonour, disparage3, indignity4, disrepute3, aspersion3, reprehend, dispraise
- 10 letters
- reflection3, admonition4, imputation4, opprobrium4, upbraiding, vituperate, denunciate
- 11 letters
- impeachment3, disapproval4, reprobation
- 12 letters
- condemnation4, vilification5, admonishment4, remonstrance, reprehension
- 13 letters
- disparagement, expostulation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abuse2 = 2 syllables).