All 12 Uses of
reproach
in
Pride and Prejudice
- On that head, therefore, I shall be uniformly silent; and you may assure yourself that no ungenerous reproach shall ever pass my lips when we are married.†
Chpt 19 *
- In making me the offer, you must have satisfied the delicacy of your feelings with regard to my family, and may take possession of Longbourn estate whenever it falls, without any self-reproach.†
Chpt 19
- His regard for her was quite imaginary; and the possibility of her deserving her mother's reproach prevented his feeling any regret.†
Chpt 20
- The steady countenance which Miss Lucas had commanded in telling her story, gave way to a momentary confusion here on receiving so direct a reproach; though, as it was no more than she expected, she soon regained her composure, and calmly replied: "Why should you be surprised, my dear Eliza?†
Chpt 22
- I have nothing either to hope or fear, and nothing to reproach him with.†
Chpt 24
- "I did not think Caroline in spirits," were her words, "but she was very glad to see me, and reproached me for giving her no notice of my coming to London.†
Chpt 26
- His resentment was in proportion to the distress of his circumstances—and he was doubtless as violent in his abuse of me to others as in his reproaches to myself.†
Chpt 35
- When she came to that part of the letter in which her family were mentioned in terms of such mortifying, yet merited reproach, her sense of shame was severe.†
Chpt 36
- Very frequently were they reproached for this insensibility by Kitty and Lydia, whose own misery was extreme, and who could not comprehend such hard-heartedness in any of the family.†
Chpt 41
- Fixed there by the keenest of all anguish, self-reproach, she could find no interval of ease or forgetfulness.†
Chpt 47
- The conduct of neither, if strictly examined, will be irreproachable; but since then, we have both, I hope, improved in civility.†
Chpt 58
- Your retrospections must be so totally void of reproach, that the contentment arising from them is not of philosophy, but, what is much better, of innocence.†
Chpt 58
Definition:
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(reproach) a criticism; or to express criticism or disappointment -- especially where a relationship makes the disapproval result in disappointment or shameeditor's notes: The expression "beyond reproach" is often used to indicate that one must not only be careful to do everything right, but must be careful not to do anything that might make people suspect they did something wrong. For example, politicians often need to behave in a manner that is beyond reproach.
"Beyond reproach" can also suggest that something is perfect. More rarely, it can also be used to suggest that someone is too powerful or too well-connected to criticize.