reproach

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1 to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
  • our neighbor loudly reproached us for tromping through his yard
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2 to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault
  • she cleared her throat as a way of reproaching us for having our elbows on the table
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3 to express public or formal disapproval of
  • the governor reproached the legislature for failing to pass the budget on time and once again throwing the state into fiscal chaos
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