Definition of Reproachful. Meaning of Reproachful. Synonyms of Reproachful

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Definition of Reproachful

Reproachful
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.

Meaning of Reproachful from wikipedia

- If the soul undertakes this struggle it then becomes nafs-al-lawwama (reproachful soul): this is the stage where "the conscience is awakened and the self...
- omitted. Elizabeth continued to appeal to Feodor in half appealing, half reproachful letters. She proposed an alliance, something which she had refused to...
- the hairs that fell out had to be presented in a silver bowl to the reproachful Empress for inspection. When her hair was washed with a combination of...
- his foot slip, so that he fell down on the floor, at which Alexander reproachfully insulted him: "See there," said he, "the man who makes preparations...
- for that reason sentenced to be thrown down the Tarpeian rock, in a reproachful way recounted how they had lived long together under the same roof, himself...
- The abrupt change of tone from being previously harmonious to bitterly reproachful in 2 Corinthians 10–13 has led many to infer that chapters 10–13 form...
- to perform pre-requiem M**** music on the eve of his execution; while reproachful of McVeigh's capital wrongdoing, Woodard consented.: 240–241  After President...
- continued to be stormy; Beethoven's letters to him were demanding and reproachful. In August, Karl, who had been seeing his mother again against Beethoven's...
- while the memorandum was being circulated, "which brought a polite if reproachful call from one listener, who was ****ured by the station the song's broadcast...
- too late, and ends her life out of grief. Ovid includes an imagined reproachful letter from Oenone to Paris in his Heroides, a text that has been extended...