Dictionary entry

Reproachful

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐proach″ful (–f?l), 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�–pr�ch″f�l–l�), adv. — Re‐proach″ful‐ness, n.