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# reproach

«reproach» in Mova's school dictionary: **verb To tell someone, gently or sadly, that you are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (reproach, reproaches, reproached, reproaching); noun (reproach, reproaches)

### meaning for a pupil

1) verb To tell someone, gently or sadly, that you are disappointed in what they did. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#m1)

2) noun Words or looks showing disappointment or blame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#m2)

3) beyond reproach So good that no one can criticise it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a parent «looks at someone with reproach». In ethics: «reproach yourself» means feel guilty. In formal talk, «behaviour beyond reproach». Phrases: «a look of reproach», «beyond reproach», «reproach yourself».

### examples

- Mum gave me a look of reproach when I came home muddy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x1)
- Don't reproach yourself, it wasn't your fault. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x2)
- The teacher reproached him for being unkind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x3)
- Her honesty is beyond reproach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x4)
- His silence was full of reproach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x5)
- The dog looked at me with reproach when I ate its biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x6)
- When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x7)

### note

Spelling: re-pro-ACH. Adjective «reproachful». Softer than «scold». Countable and uncountable as a noun.

### In the corpora

- [And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.911/)
- [and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.661/)
- [Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.184/)
- [I will gather them that are far from the appointed season, who are of thee, that hast borne the burden of reproach.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.52/)
- [That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.179/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reproach» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.