reproach
verb (used with object)
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
reproached
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past participleof reproach.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reproach.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reproachverb (used with object)to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
Example Sentences
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When Vernice tries to persuade Annie to aim higher, she is reproached by her friend: “Stop acting like me and you knit with the same needles.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Welsh Labour MP Steve Witherden has apologised after being reproached for drinking milk from a carton in the House of Commons last week.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
Although she reproached herself for being “blind,” some critics found fault with her unapologetic stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
I reproached him for telling people that the medical and scientific profession was lying to them while he, a proven fraud, was not.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2023
He bitterly regretted his foolishness, and reproached himself for weakness of will; for he now perceived that in putting on the Ring he obeyed not his own desire but the commanding wish of his enemies.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
