adjective
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full of or expressing reproach
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archaic deserving of reproach; disgraceful
Other Word Forms
- reproachfully adverb
- reproachfulness noun
- unreproachful adjective
- unreproachfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of reproachful
Example Sentences
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The sister and daughter she plays in “Showing Up” may be a more naturalistic, tamped-down figure, but with her reproachful silences and occasional bursts of fury, she illuminates a different variant of the same condition.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023
One of the girls, Lily, starts crying, and the camera pans to Chloe as she pulls a reproachful face.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2021
At its centre is Makiko, an ageing bar hostess and single mother to Midoriko, her reproachful adolescent daughter, who will only communicate with her in writing.
From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2020
For the rest of the trip, I went barefaced and endured the reproachful glares of my fellow shoppers.
From The Verge • Apr. 8, 2020
The carved eyes gazed at him with such a reproachful stare that the stonecutter set down his tools.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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