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, she said: "I thought this was a democracy and I could do whatever I liked."

From Time Magazine Archive

Reproached for his severity, Hearn replied: "If I don't teach him as much as I can, my life will not wait."

From Time Magazine Archive

And he who saw not Ráma nigh, Nor caught a look from Ráma's eye, A mark for scorn and general blame, Reproached himself in bitter shame.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Then why, when next thou lookest o'er the brink Of my horizon, should my spirit shrink, Reproached and fearful, nor to greet thee run?

From A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul by MacDonald, George

Reproached by a pagan friend of his youth for his apostasy, he confesses that principle, when unsupported by an assenting stomach, has to climb down.

From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Twain, Mark