REPROACH


Meaning of REPROACH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪproʊtʃ ]

( reproaches, reproaching, reproached)

1.

If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong.

She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn’t live up to her own high standards...

She had not even reproached him for breaking his promise.

VERB : V n , V n for -ing / n

2.

If you look at or speak to someone with reproach , you show or say that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong.

He looked at her with reproach...

Women in public life must be beyond reproach.

N-VAR

3.

If you reproach yourself , you think with regret about something you have done wrong.

You’ve no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame...

We begin to reproach ourselves for not having been more careful.

= blame

VERB : V pron-refl , V pron-refl for -ing / n

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