reproached

VERB

find fault with

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admonish chide discredit rebuke reprimand scold upbraid

STRONG

abuse blame cavil censure condemn criticize defame disparage jawbone lesson rake ream reprehend reprove trim

WEAK

call down call to task give comeuppance give the devil lay on sit on take to task

Antonyms

STRONGEST

commend compliment flatter laud praise

STRONG

approve exalt exonerate sanction

Example Sentences

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reproached

When Vernice tries to persuade Annie to aim higher, she is reproached by her friend: “Stop acting like me and you knit with the same needles.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Welsh Labour MP Steve Witherden has apologised after being reproached for drinking milk from a carton in the House of Commons last week.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

I reproached him for telling people that the medical and scientific profession was lying to them while he, a proven fraud, was not.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2023

"Everyone reproached us for having a quantity of money tied up in a system where we could not decide anything," said a source close to Renault.

From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023

Kamaswami reproached him for not returning immediately, for wasting time and money.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse