reproach

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His fine round face had become almost ludicrously long; his eyes and mouth were struggling to convey reproach, and the reproach was almost drowned in vexation.

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  1. transitive verb To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone). See Synonyms at admonish.
  2. transitive verb To bring shame upon; disgrace.
  3. noun Blame; rebuke.
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  • His fine round face had become almost ludicrously long; his eyes and mouth were struggling to convey reproach, and the reproach was almost drowned in vexation. —  Can You Forgive Her?
  • They look alike, yet while the English "false" carries with it a moral reproach, the German word, where the context does not explicitly prove otherwise, means simply "incorrect," "erroneous," without the moral reproach added. —  William of Germany
  • They look alike, yet while the English “false "carries with it a moral reproach, the German word, where the context does not explicitly prove otherwise, means simply “incorrect,” —  William of Germany
  • English "false" carries with it a moral reproach, the German word, where the context does not explicitly prove otherwise, means simply —  William of Germany
  • They look alike, yet while the English “false" carries with it a moral reproach, the German word, where the context does not explicitly prove otherwise, means simply “incorrect,” “erroneous,” without the moral reproach added. —  William of Germany
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English reprochen, from Old French reprochier, from Vulgar Latin *repropiāre : Latin re-, re- + Latin prope, near; see per1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French reprocher, reprochier, French reprocher =Provencal repropchar =Spanish Portuguese reprochar =Italian rimprocciare (Middle Latin reflex reprochare), reproach, prob. from Late Latin *repropiare, bring near to, hence cast in one's teeth, impute, object (cf. approach, from Old French aprocher, approach, from Late Latin *appropiare), from re-, again, + propiare, from Latin propius, nearer, comparative of prope, near: see propinquity, and cf. approach.
  2. Early modern English also reproch, reproche; from Old French reproche, reproce, reproece, F, reproche =Provencal repropche =Spanish Portuguese reproche =Italian rimproccio, reproach; from the verb.
 

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