(Archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.
To rebuke or criticize harshly or angrily; berate.
To say defamatory things about someone or something.
To taunt is to tease, insult or antagonize someone by deliberately saying or doing something mean.
To cause stigmata to appear on.
To talk about disparagingly or insultingly.
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To dishonor or disgrace
To scold is to criticize, chastise or rebuke someone for something.
To revile is to criticize in an abusive or hostile way, or to spread negative information about.
To reprove is to criticize or scold someone.
To reprove (someone) severely, especially in a formal or official way.
To violate the virginity or chastity of
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To deprive of favor or good repute; treat with disfavor:
To damage in reputation; disgrace:
1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
To find fault (with something)
To adjudge someone guilty of a crime or to impose sentence, especially a severe penalty such as death or life imprisonment.
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate
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To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
To consider responsible for a misdeed, failure, or undesirable outcome:
To besmirch is to dirty or spoil something or to damage someone's reputation
To berate is to yell at or demean.
The definition of admonish means to let someone know that you are not happy with his or her actions or to scold a person.
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To use improperly or excessively; misuse:
To beat soundly; thrash
To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
Rap is defined as to hit quickly and sharply, or to speak or chant lyrics to a song with a reoccurring beat.
To punish, esp. by beating
To punish or rebuke severely.
Something that is scurrilous.
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Verbal abuse of a person or thing; censure or vituperation, esp. when widespread or general
Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
An instance of this; scornful insult
Reproof is an expression of disapproval.
Something spoken or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another.
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
An indirect expression of censure or discredit:
A rap song or recording
A harsh or sharp reprimand.
A mild rebuke; reprimand
A reprimand or rebuke. The act of admonishing.
The definition of approve is to say you like something or you are alright with it happening.
To laud the glory of (God, etc.), as in song; glorify; extol
Due regard for something considered important or authoritative:
Formal consent or sanction
That which is the ground of approbation or praise.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than ""criticize"" or similar).
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
Find another word for reproaches. In this page you can discover 55 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for reproaches, like: upbraids, vituperates, vilifies, twits, taunts, stigmatizes, slurs, shames, scolds, reviles and reproves.
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