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reproachful


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reproachful  \Re*proach"ful\  (-f?l),  a. 
  1.  Expressing  or  containing  reproach;  upbraiding; 
  opprobrious;  abusive. 
 
  The  reproachful  speeches  .  .  .  That  he  hath  breathed 
  in  my  dishonor  here  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Occasioning  or  deserving  reproach;  shameful;  base;  as  a 
  reproachful  life. 
 
  Syn:  Opprobrious;  contumelious;  abusive;  offensive; 
  insulting;  contemptuous;  scornful;  insolent;  scurrilous; 
  disreputable;  discreditable;  dishonorable;  shameful; 
  disgraceful;  scandalous;  base;  vile;  infamous.  -- 
  {Re*proach"ful*ly}  (r?-pr?ch"f?l-l?),  adv  -- 
  {Re*proach"ful*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reproachful 
  adj  :  expressing  reproof  or  reproach  especially  as  a  corrective 
  [syn:  {admonitory},  {admonishing},  {reproving}] 




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