reproach

“That line of Lucy’s is intended to be a sharp reproach of that dismissal,” adds Song.

Ocean Vuong’s magnificent and melancholy second novel, “The Emperor of Gladness,” is both ode and reproach.

To be fair, the Coastal Commission staff and its commissioners are not beyond reproach, nor have commissioners always served with honor, so scrutiny and pushback ought to be part of the process.

It’s a similar reproach to the dregs of modern culture that you’d see in a “Saw” film, only far more cruel and snobby.

There is a lovely moment when McIlroy reproaches himself for eating with just a fork "like an American".