reproachful

English

Etymology

From reproach +‎ -ful.

Adjective

reproachful (comparative more reproachful, superlative most reproachful)

Expressing or containing reproach
Synonyms: upbraiding, opprobrious, abusive
Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base
He lived a reproachful life.

Derived terms

adverb: reproachfully
unreproachful

Translations

with reproach

Esperanto: admona
Finnish: moittiva (fi)
French: réprobateur (fr)

German: vorwurfsvoll
Irish: achasánach, aifearach, casach, easmailteach, iomardach, oirbhireach, tathaoireach
Latin: crīminōsus

deserving reproach

Finnish: moitittava (fi)
Georgian: სასაყვედურო (sasaq̇veduro)

Greek:
Ancient: αἰσχρός (aiskhrós)

References

reproachful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
reproachful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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