reproof

Speech parts

1. reproof - Noun

2. reproof - Verb

Meaning

Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rebuke reprimand reprehension blame censure admonition chiding reproval gari criticism check lecture correction rap sermon
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Antonyms

citation congratulations agreement answer approval acceptance
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Hypernyms

criticism knock criticise criticize pick apart unfavorable judgment

Hyponyms

speech lecture correction reproach admonition scolding

Phrases with the word

full of reproof containing reproof conveying reproof

Anagrams

proofer

Examples

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye. Samuel Lover

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. Walter Savage Landor

Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered it will do harm instead of good. James Burgh

Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern reproof. Erich von Stroheim

They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him. Jack Cade

By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

repronormativity repronounce repronunciation repropagate repropagation repropel