All 16 Uses
reproach
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Sons and Lovers
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- "Are you goin' a'ready?" he cried, his face full of reproach.†
Chpt 1.1reproach = a criticism; or to express criticism
- Was there a reproach in the look?†
Chpt 1.2
- "You aren't glad!" he reproached her; but he trembled violently.†
Chpt 1.6reproached = criticized
- Often, when he went again into the kitchen, Mrs. Leivers would look at him reproachfully, saying: "Paul, don't be so hard on Miriam.†
Chpt 2.7reproachfully = in a manner that criticizes
- She never reproached him or was angry with him.†
Chpt 2.7reproached = criticized
- Why do you ask?" she replied, in a low tone that should have been a reproach to him.†
Chpt 2.9reproach = a criticism; or to express criticism
- Miriam was an eternal reproach.
Chpt 2.10 *reproach = criticism
- "You didn't think we'd forgot you?" she asked, reproachful.†
Chpt 2.10reproachful = critical (full of criticism)
- They could easier deny themselves than incur any reproach from a woman; for a woman was like their mother, and they were full of the sense of their mother.†
Chpt 2.11reproach = a criticism; or to express criticism
- If he came home late, and she reproached him, he frowned and turned on her in an overbearing way: "I shall come home when I like," he said; "I am old enough."†
Chpt 2.11reproached = criticized
- "Why dost look so heavy?" he reproached her.†
Chpt 2.12
- There, you look as irreproachable as Britannia herself!†
Chpt 2.12irreproachable = beyond criticismstandard affixes: The prefix ir- is often used in front of words that start with R to mean not. That reverses the meaning of the word as seen in words like irrational, irregular, and irresistible. The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- "Shall she have them all?" asked Paul reproachfully of the old woman.†
Chpt 2.12reproachfully = in a manner that criticizes
- But the note of pity in his voice reproached her, and made her feel hard.†
Chpt 2.13reproached = criticized
- He had striven all his life to do what he could for her, and he'd nothing to reproach himself with.†
Chpt 2.14reproach = a criticism; or to express criticism
- He'd nothing to reproach himself for, he repeated.†
Chpt 2.14
Definitions:
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(1)
(reproach) a criticism; or to express criticism or disappointment -- especially where a relationship makes the disapproval result in disappointment or shameThe 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. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)