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reproachful

adjective as in admonishing

Strong match

adjective as in admonitory

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Example Sentences

Sick with jealousy and spite, she bowed as she passed, trying to look eighteen, and tenderly reproachful.

Something in the tone of the man seemed to his listener uncalled for—in a sense reproachful, singular.

If he had expected to find her languishing, reproachful, or indulging in sentimental tears, he must have been greatly surprised.

I whispered, in a tone strangely in contrast with the angry and reproachful air I had assumed.

His stump of a tail drooped dejectedly as he looked at her with big reproachful eyes.

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On this page you'll find 206 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to reproachful, such as: insulting, offensive, rude, calumniating, castigating, and censorious.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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