Synonyms for reproachful
- adjective
Most common
abusive contemptuous invective upbraiding ignoble objurgatory
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Abusive — expressing or containing reproach
abusive, upbraiding, contemptuous, invective, censorious, vituperative, condemnatory, opprobrious, damnatory
2. Admonitory
Other
ignoble, objurgatory, discommendable dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Expressing or containing reproach
- adj. 2
Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base
He lived a reproachful life.
Related words
- Word family
- reproachfully
Example sentences
- abusive Sami was abusive to Layla verbally and physically.
- contemptuous Tom seems to be contemptuous of ordinary people.
- invective Her so-called essay was actually an invective against the entire academy.
- ignoble Jealousy is, to me, the most ignoble human feeling there is.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reproachful | rising | |
| abusive | rising | |
| contemptuous | steady | |
| invective | steady | |
| upbraiding | rising | |
| ignoble | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- abusive3, ignoble3
- 9 letters
- invective3, reproving, damnatory
- 10 letters
- censorious, upbraiding, admonitory5
- 11 letters
- admonishing4, opprobrious, objurgatory
- 12 letters
- contemptuous4, vituperative5, condemnatory
- 14 letters
- discommendable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abusive3 = 3 syllables).