reproachful
adjective
full of or expressing reproach or censure.
reproachfulness
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a word derived from
reproachful.
Example Sentences
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Hae-mi is a dreamer and an emotional whirlwind, whose flirty, spirited manner can suddenly veer into reproachfulness, even contempt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2018
I was aware of a good girl’s reproachfulness and disdain, along with a perceptible, physical empathy.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
He looked at Stover in sleepy reproachfulness, and then slid around the counter in the shortest parabola possible.
From The Varmint by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
"Nay, how can you be so cruel?" demanded Mrs. Light, with soft reproachfulness.
From Roderick Hudson by Henry James
"Don't be too hard upon me, Joseph," he said, with mild reproachfulness; "if I hadn't stopped at the banking-house your mother might have starved!"
From Henry Dunbar A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
