What (who) is Reproach - definition
NEGATIVE CONSCIOUS AND EMOTIONAL REACTION TO PERSONAL PAST ACTS AND BEHAVIOURS
Regrets; Self-reproach; Self reproach; Self-reproaching; Self reproaching; Regreted; Regreting; Regretted; Regretting; Regretter; Regreter; Regretings; Regretfulness; Regrettableness; Regretableness; Unregretfulness; Regret (emotion); Agent regret; Neuroscience of regret
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Reproach
·v A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
II. Reproach ·v An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.
III. Reproach ·vt To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to Disgrace.
IV. Reproach ·v The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.
V. Reproach ·vt To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to Upbraid.
reproach
I. v. a.
1.
Censure, blame, reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reprehend, upbraid.
2.
Revile, vilify, defame, asperse, condemn, abuse, speak ill of, accuse, discredit, disparage, traduce.
II. n.
1.
Censure, reproof, disapprobation, disapproval, blame, invective, upbraiding, condemnation, reprobation, remonstrance, reprehension, expostulation, rebuke, reprimand, railing, contumely, reviling, abuse, vilification, scurrility, insolence, scorn, contempt.
2.
Dishonor, disgrace, shame, disrepute, obloquy, opprobrium, odium, scandal, ignominy, infamy, abasement, indignity, insult.
3.
Dishonor, disgrace, shame, discredit, scorn, scandal, offence.
reproach
I
n.
1) a term of reproach
2) above, beyond reproach
II
v. (D; refl., tr.) to reproach for
Wikipedia
Regret
Regret is the emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past, because the consequences of the decision one did make were unfavorable.
Regret is related to perceived opportunity. Its intensity varies over time after the decision, in regard to action versus inaction, and in regard to self-control at a particular age. The self-recrimination which comes with regret is thought to spur corrective action and adaptation.
In Western societies adults have the highest regrets regarding choices of their education.
Pronunciation examples for Reproach
1. Yet like Tom Sawyer listening to his Aunt Polly reproach
Something That May Shock and Discredit You _ Daniel Mallory Ortberg _ Talks at Google
2. And no reproach
on the subject of fortune
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
3. By the time you're discovered, you're proliferated enough that you're beyond reproach.
Learning from the Octopus _ Rafe Sagarin _ Talks at Google
4. and Mr. Teszler came up to me afterwards with gentle reproach and said,
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Examples of use of Reproach
1. This reproach could also cost Berlusconi a lot next year.
2. And the officers in this tragic case are beyond reproach.
3. They are, in short, beyond reproach as public servants.
4. A turnaround at TXU would represent a reproach to C.
5. And the dog mafia code which means a scooper will never reproach a pooper.