reproachful
pronunciation
How to pronounce reproachful in British English:
UK [rɪˈprəʊtʃfl]
How to pronounce reproachful in American English:
US [rɪˈproʊtʃfl]
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- Adjective:
- expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
Word Origin
- reproachful (adj.)
- 1540s, "expressing reproach," also "worthy of reproach," from reproach + -ful. Related: Reproachfully; reproachfulness.
Example
- 1. His voice sank down to a steady and reproachful undertone .
- 2. Jack is redeemed by an apocalyptic vision that answers the reproachful questions he imagined mother asking god at the beginning , when her second child died .
- 3. His reproachful gaze speared into my heart .
- 4. A reproachful look , remark , sigh .
- 5. His foot made a slight reproachful sound .