The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reproach \Re*proach"\ (r?-pr?ch"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproached (-pr?cht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproaching.] [F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. Approach.]
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To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. [Obs.]
I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life.
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To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ.
--1 Peter iv. 14.That this newcomer, Shame, There sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
--Milton.Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight. Repelled the victors.
--Dryden.Syn: To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.
Wiktionary
n. The act of showing reproach. vb. (present participle of reproach English)
Usage examples of "reproaching".
One day when I was reproaching him for his unavailing searches, and deploring the prostration of mind that followed them, he looked at me, and, smiling bitterly, opened a volume relating to the History of the City of Rome.
A sign, then, that Adelmo was reproaching him for having taught him something that now caused him to despair unto death.
Either William discovered the murderer before the arrival of the legation (and here the abbot stared hard at him as if silently reproaching him for not having resolved the matter yet) or else the Pope’s envoy had to be informed frankly and his collaboration sought, to place the abbey under close surveillance during the course of the discussions.
The abbot consented and then left, not without giving William a skeptical look, as if reproaching him for always arriving too late.
Interrupting one another, they all gave, and transmitted, orders as to how to proceed, reprimanding and reproaching him.
Then the German steward began going down to the frogs, and had to be held back, but he not only went down but turned into Maslova, who began reproaching Nekhludoff, saying, "You are a prince, and I am a convict.
Nekhludoff could no longer move in this society without feeling ill at ease and reproaching himself.
She herself was not exempt from internal emotion, and without having done anything wrong, yet fully comprehended that Luigi was right in reproaching her.
Meanwhile, Valentine, while reproaching me with selfishness, think a little what you have been to me — the beautiful but cold resemblance of a marble Venus.