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reproach

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ɹɪˈpɹəʊtʃ/
  • US: /ɹɪˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/
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  • rhymes with -əʊtʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 P R OW1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Disgrace or shame.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An object of scorn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To criticize or rebuke (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exprobrate, blame, rebuke, upbraid, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, slash, lash, scorch, blast, berate, berisp, castigate, censure, charge, chastise, chew out, chide, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, derogate, dispraise, drag, dress down, eat someone alive, excoriate, find fault, fulminate, get at, get down, get up, give somebody a piece of one's mind, give somebody what-for, inveigh, lace into, lambaste, lay into, lecture, light into, objurgate, pooh-pooh, put someone on blast, rate, read somebody the riot act, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, rip into, rubbish, savage, scold, skewer, slam, slate, tear into, tell off, threap, tick off, tosh, keelhaul, vilify, vituperate

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To disgrace, or bring shame upon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame, blaze, blemish, blot, blur, calumniate, calumny, chat shit, chat shite, cloud, defame, demonize, denigrate, deprave, depreciate, detract, dirty, discredit, disparage, disrepute, diss, drag through the mud, forgab, forspeak, foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, monsterize, muddy, reproach, revile, scandal, shit-talk, slag, slander, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, speak ill of, stab, stain, sully, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, tarnish, torch, traduce, trash-talk, unflatter, vilify, vilipend, villainize, wrong

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a mild rebuke or criticism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • words of reproach

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand

Narrower terms: self-reproach, self-reproof, blame, rap

7

noun

Meaning 7

disgrace or shame

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he brought reproach upon his family

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shame, disgrace, ignominy

8

verb

Meaning 8

express criticism towards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: upbraid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate

History

Etymology

From Middle English reprochen, from Old French reprochier (Modern French reprocher).

Across languages

Translations

230 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَأْنِيب (taʔnīb) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Arabic: عَذَل (ʕaḏal) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Arabic: مَلاَمَة (malāma) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Azerbaijani: irad — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Azerbaijani: qaxınc — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Belarusian: дако́р (dakór) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Belarusian: папро́к (paprók) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Belarusian: за́кід (zákid) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Bulgarian: у́прек (úprek) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Bulgarian: у́кор (úkor) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Catalan: retret — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 責備 /责备 (zébèi) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 批评 (pīpíng) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Czech: výtka — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Czech: výčitka — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Danish: bebrejdelse — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Dutch: berisping — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Egyptian: Dba-a-w-nDs (ḏbꜥw) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Esperanto: riproĉo — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Finnish: moite — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • French: reproche — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • French: réprobation — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Georgian: საყვედური (saq̇veduri) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • German: Vorwurf — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gasahts) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Greek: επίπληξη (epíplixi) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Ancient Greek: ὄνειδος (óneidos) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Hindi: उलाहना (ulāhnā) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Hindi: परिवाद (parivād) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Hindi: तिरस्कार (tiraskār) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Hungarian: szemrehányás — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Irish: aifirt — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Irish: oirbhire — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Irish: aisc — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Irish: achasán — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Irish: milleán — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Italian: rimbrotto — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Italian: rimprovero — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Italian: appunto — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Italian: richiamo — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Italian: reprimenda — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Japanese: 非難 (hinan) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Korean: 비난 (binan) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Korean: 책망 (chaengmang) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Korean: 나무람 (namuram) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Macedonian: прекор (prekor) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Macedonian: укор (ukor) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bebreidelse — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Iranian Persian: سَرْزَنِش (sarzaneš) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Iranian Persian: مَلامَت (malâmat) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Iranian Persian: طَعْنِه (ta'ne) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Polish: zarzut — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Polish: wyrzut — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Portuguese: reprimenda — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Portuguese: reproche — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Portuguese: admoestação — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Romanian: reproș — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Russian: упрёк (uprjók) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Russian: уко́р (ukór) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Russian: укори́зна (ukorízna) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Sanskrit: निन्दा (nindā) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Scottish Gaelic: achmhasan — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Scottish Gaelic: càineadh — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Scottish Gaelic: cronachadh — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Scottish Gaelic: trod — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: prekor — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: prijekor — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: zamjerka — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: prigovor — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: zamerka — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Slovak: výčitka — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Slovene: očitek — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Spanish: reproche — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Swedish: förebråelse — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Tagalog: pagsabihan — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Tajik: сарзаниш (sarzaniš) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Tajik: маломат (malomat) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Tajik: таъна (ta'na) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Ukrainian: до́кір (dókir) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Ukrainian: докі́р (dokír) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Ukrainian: за́кид (zákyd) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Urdu: مَلامَت (malāmat) — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Uzbek: malomat — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Uzbek: taʼna — mild rebuke, or an implied criticism
  • Belarusian: га́ньба (hánʹba) — disgrace or shame
  • Belarusian: со́рам (sóram) — disgrace or shame
  • Bulgarian: срам (sram) — disgrace or shame
  • Bulgarian: позо́р (pozór) — disgrace or shame
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恥辱 /耻辱 (chǐrǔ) — disgrace or shame
  • Czech: hanba — disgrace or shame
  • Dutch: schande — disgrace or shame
  • Dutch: schaamte — disgrace or shame
  • Finnish: häpeä — disgrace or shame
  • French: opprobre — disgrace or shame
  • Georgian: სირცხვილი (sircxvili) — disgrace or shame
  • German: Schande — disgrace or shame
  • Ancient Greek: αἰσχύνη (aiskhúnē) — disgrace or shame
  • Hungarian: szégyen — disgrace or shame
  • Italian: infamia — disgrace or shame
  • Italian: vergogna — disgrace or shame
  • Italian: riprovazione — disgrace or shame
  • Japanese: 恥辱 (chijoku) — disgrace or shame
  • Korean: 치욕 (chiyok) — disgrace or shame
  • Macedonian: срамота (sramota) — disgrace or shame
  • Macedonian: срам (sram) — disgrace or shame
  • Polish: hańba — disgrace or shame
  • Portuguese: vergonha — disgrace or shame
  • Russian: позо́р (pozór) — disgrace or shame
  • Russian: срам (sram) — disgrace or shame
  • Scottish Gaelic: masladh — disgrace or shame
  • Serbo-Croatian: sramota — disgrace or shame
  • Serbo-Croatian: blamaža — disgrace or shame
  • Slovak: hanba — disgrace or shame
  • Slovene: sramota — disgrace or shame
  • Spanish: vergüenza — disgrace or shame
  • Ukrainian: ганьба́ (hanʹbá) — disgrace or shame
  • Ukrainian: со́ром (sórom) — disgrace or shame
  • Arabic: أَنَّبَ (ʔannaba) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Arabic: أَلَامَ (ʔalāma) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Arabic: عَتَبَ (ʕataba) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Armenian: հանդիմանել (handimanel) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Azerbaijani: qınamaq — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Azerbaijani: irad tutmaq — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Belarusian: папрака́ць (paprakácʹ) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Belarusian: папракну́ць (papraknúcʹ) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Bulgarian: упре́квам (uprékvam) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Bulgarian: упре́кна (uprékna) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Bulgarian: укоря́вам (ukorjávam) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Catalan: retreure — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Cebuano: basol — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 責備 /责备 (zébèi) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 譴責 /谴责 (qiǎnzé) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 批評 /批评 (pīpíng) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Cornish: keredhi — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Czech: vyčítat — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Czech: vyčíst — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Czech: vytýkat — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Czech: vytknout — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Czech: kárat — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Danish: bebrejde — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Dutch: berispen — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Esperanto: criproĉi — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Esperanto: admoni — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Finnish: moittia — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • French: reprocher — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Georgian: დატუქსვა (daṭuksva) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • German: einen Vorwurf machen — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • German: Vorwürfe machen — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • German: vorwerfen — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Ancient Greek: ὀνειδίζω (oneidízō) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Hungarian: szemrehányást tesz — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Hungarian: felró — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Hungarian: szemére hány — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Irish: achasán a thabhairt (do dhuine) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Irish: imdhearg — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Irish: aifir — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Italian: rimbrottare — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Italian: rimproverare — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Italian: richiamare — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Italian: riprendere — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Japanese: 非難する (hinan suru) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Japanese: 責める (semeru) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Korean: 비난하다 (binanhada) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Korean: 책망하다 (chaengmanghada) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Korean: 꾸짖다 (kkujitda) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Korean: 나무라다 (namurada) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Latin: opprobrō — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Macedonian: пререкува (prerekuva) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Macedonian: пререче (prereče) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Māori: kōwhetewhete — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bebreide — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klandre — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bebreide — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Polish: zarzucać — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Polish: zarzucić — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Portuguese: reprochar — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Portuguese: repreender — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Romanian: a reproșa — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Romanian: a imputa — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Russian: упрека́ть (uprekátʹ) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Russian: упрекну́ть (upreknútʹ) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Russian: укоря́ть (ukorjátʹ) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Russian: кори́ть (korítʹ) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Scots: upcast — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Scottish Gaelic: càin — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Scottish Gaelic: cronaich — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Scottish Gaelic: troid — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Slovak: vyčítať — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Slovak: vytýkať — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Slovene: očitati — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Slovene: oštevati — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Spanish: reprochar — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Spanish: enrostrar — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Swedish: klandra — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Swedish: förebrå — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Tagalog: pagsabihan — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Thai: ต่อว่า (dtɔ̀ɔ-wâa) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Tocharian B: nāk- — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎓𐎗 (gʿr) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Ukrainian: доріка́ти (dorikáty) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Ukrainian: дорікну́ти (doriknúty) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Ukrainian: доректи́ (dorektý) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Ukrainian: докоря́ти (dokorjáty) — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Welsh: edliw — to criticize or rebuke someone
  • Bulgarian: позоря́ (pozorjá) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Bulgarian: засра́мвам (zasrámvam) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羞辱 (xiūrǔ) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Dutch: beschamen — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Finnish: tuottaa häpeää — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Finnish: saattaa häpeään — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Hungarian: megszégyenít — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Italian: infamare — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Italian: svergognare — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: håne — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Polish: hańbić — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Polish: zhańbić — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Russian: позо́рить (pozóritʹ) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Russian: опозо́рить (opozóritʹ) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Russian: бесче́стить (besčéstitʹ) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Russian: обесче́стить (obesčéstitʹ) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Russian: срами́ть (sramítʹ) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Russian: осрами́ть (osramítʹ) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Spanish: avergonzar — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Spanish: echar en cara algo — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Spanish: enrostrar — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Spanish: dar en cara — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Spanish: echar en la cara — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Spanish: echar a la cara — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Spanish: afrontar (disused) — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone
  • Turkish: abırlamak — to disgrace, or bring shame upon someone