Reproaches
Proper noun
Meaning
Reproaches
(Christianity) Synonym of Improperia
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Examples
He reproaches Turandot for her cruelty (Duet – The Prince, Turandot: Principessa di morte – "Princess of death"), then takes her in his arms and kisses her in spite of her resistance.
Confused but quickly recovering, Giovanni reproaches Masetto for leaving Zerlina alone, and returns her temporarily to him.
James relents and releases Dorian, but is then approached by a woman from the opium den who reproaches James for not killing Dorian.
"Fokker hurried to the scene and shouted reproaches at the mortally injured man".
Jesus then reproaches his apostles for being "shallow, thick and slow" and somewhat bitterly answers that not a single one of them cares about him.
The latter, who has allowed his son to be killed while he himself fled, reproaches himself and faces Aeneas in single combat —an honourable but essentially futile endeavour.