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Definition of reproach :
1. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
2. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.
3. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.
4. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
5. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.
Synonyms:
persecute, harm, misemploy, pervert, misuse, praise, chew out, damage, tax, lambaste, molest, respect, rap, bawl out, ruin, ill-treat, vituperate, reprove, shame, abuse, impose on _or_ oppress, slander, prostitute, attack, wrong, rail at, revile, ill-use, victimize, malign, injure, upon, dress down, call down, violate, aggrieve, ravish, objection, maltreat
criticize (part of speech: verb)
blame (part of speech: verb)
attribute, ascribe, rebuke, indict
disapproval (part of speech: noun)
defamation, castigation, renouncement, deprecation, disparagement, derision, chastisement, disapproval, denigration, admonishment, vilification
disapprove (part of speech: verb)
defame, chasten, disapprove, deride, chastise, castigate, disparage, deprecate, renounce, scorn, upbraid, vilify, chide, denigrate, defile, admonish, discredit
accuse (part of speech: verb)
impeach, implicate, accuse, arraign, criticize, allege, denounce, condemn, cite, incriminate, complain, inculpate, scold, impute
criticism (part of speech: noun)
accusation (part of speech: noun)
charge, blame, imputation, grievance, denouncement, accusation, complaint, accusal, censure, citation, indictment, criticism, condemnation, allegation, insinuation, impeachment, incrimination, allegement
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