ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsRreproach
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reproach
Meaning: to express disapproval or disappointment toward someone
reproach in a sentence
How reproach is used in real sentences:
The senator reproached her colleagues for ignoring the evidence.
The principal reproached the students for damaging the theater curtains.
“Union leaders did not reproach her for negotiating privately; they understood that her credibility depended on solving immediate dangers.”
— from the passage The Authority No Chart Showed
Synonyms for reproach
Other words for reproach — rebuke, censure and admonish — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of reproach
Words that mean the opposite of reproach:
- praise
- commend
- applaud
Where it comes from
From Old French reprochier, meaning 'to bring blame against.'
Memory hook
REPROACH sounds like 'approach': approach someone to voice disapproval.