All 8 Uses of
reprove
in
Wuthering Heights
- His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph's religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most — showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do HER bidding in anything, and HIS only when it suited…†
Chpt 5
- Catherine supped with her brother and sister-in-law: Joseph and I joined at an unsociable meal, seasoned with reproofs on one side and sauciness on the other.†
Chpt 7
- Joseph remained to hector over tenants and labourers; and because it was his vocation to be where he had plenty of wickedness to reprove.†
Chpt 8 *
- And if he reproved her, even by a look, you would have thought it a heart-breaking business: I don't believe he ever did speak a harsh word to her.†
Chpt 18
- 'Yes, indeed,' responded her reprover.†
Chpt 18
- The Heights were Heathcliff's land, and he was reproving the poacher.†
Chpt 21
- I saw she was sorry for his persevering sulkiness and indolence: her conscience reproved her for frightening him off improving himself: she had done it effectually.†
Chpt 32
- I shook my head reprovingly, and then she blushed and whispered — 'Well! what should I have done, Ellen?†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(reprove) express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner