reproach
teguran
definition
verb
critics of the administration reproached the president for his failure to tackle the deficiency
address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.
noun
he gave her a look of reproach
the expression of disapproval or disappointment.
example
The hint of 'reproach' in ‘omission’ may not be quite fair to either of us.
The characters often look up to the gods for guidance, speak of them and 'reproach' them for putting such a predicament onto mortals of flesh and blood.
She agrees, goes to his home, and realizes that he will not question or 'reproach' her.
No less absurd is the second 'reproach' thrown upon capitalism - namely, that technological and therapeutical innovations do not benefit all people.
his elegance is a living 'reproach' to our slovenly habits
Your comments bring to mind John Milton's words: ‘They who have put out the people's eyes, 'reproach' them of their blindness.’
Stung by his 'reproach' , she counters by reminding him that her lack of ardor is understandable given their night of lovemaking.
Perhaps the most horrible aspect of Frank's world is not the existence of cruelty, but rather the possibility that life might be shaped by nothing more than the whims of others beyond control or 'reproach' .
Some of his published works have met with strong criticism and 'reproach' .
The 'reproach' was lightly mocking and they both laughed.
Aunt Alice frowned slightly at this reproach against her motherly duties, but the sorrow in her beautiful eyes could not be from this 'reproach' alone, it was too deep.
The poem's thought about the aetiology of war, its main theme, is based on Christ's 'reproach' of the Pharisees, who had upbraided the disciples for not washing their hands before eating.
his elegance is a living 'reproach' to our slovenly habits
For Billy the boy is a nagging reminder of his own delinquent youth: for Shirley-Diane he is a strange mix of sex object and living 'reproach' .
he gave her a look of 'reproach'
he gave her a look of 'reproach'
He tells him that he is not there to 'reproach' him, and John denies having done anything wrong.
I could scarcely 'reproach' you for having undergone it without success, for those who emerge from it triumphant are very few.
Although rock had become mainstream by the early 1970s, it continued to arouse resistance and to elicit 'reproach' - and continues, indeed, to this day.
Medicine can no longer 'reproach me with' being unfaithful: I've paid a proper tribute to erudition, and to what old writers call pedantry.
During a small seminar in Freiburg, he actually 'reproaches' Heidegger for inattentiveness.
The US proposal is that the UN bans all cloning which it describes as ‘unethical, morally 'reproachable' and contrary to due respect for the human person’.
They cite the demands, 'reproaches' and scaremongering of an obsessed media.
Dolly 'reproaches' him gently when an embarrassed Silas has to ask her what that means.
Look at the Closet scene: Hamlet has just killed a man, Polonius, yet he heaps 'reproaches' upon his mother's head for daring to re-marry.
He is imprisoned for a year for having acted as Castlewood's second in the duel, for which Lady Castlewood bitterly 'reproaches' him, and on his release joins the army and fights in the war of the Spanish Succession.
‘I could kick myself for involving you in this mess,’ he said, 'reproaching' himself.
He began to rage at colonel MacChesnay, who had led the charge, 'reproaching' him for making a mess of things by stopping one hundred feet short of success.
Silently 'reproaching' herself, Jessica edged closer towards the girl and softly stroked her hair, hoping the gesture would calm the other girl and not upset her more.
Painfully, torturedly, he bit his lip to keep the stream of 'reproaches' and denials from bursting through the dam of his control.
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