REPROACHFUL

admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving

(adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

reproachful (comparative more reproachful, superlative most reproachful)

Expressing or containing reproach

Synonyms: upbraiding, opprobrious, abusive

Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base

Source: Wiktionary


Re*proach"ful (-fl), a.

1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak.

2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

Syn.

– Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous.

– Re*proach"ful*ly (r, adv.

– Re*proach"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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