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Meanings of
reproof
in anglès
català
reprimenda
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An act or expression of criticism and censure.
rebuke
reprimand
reprehension
reproval
català
reprimenda
portuguès
condenar
català
renyar
espanyol
reprender a gritos
Back to the meaning
Censure severely or angrily.
jaw
lecture
rag
scold
remonstrate
chide
berate
trounce
lambaste
lambast
català
renyar
Sinònims
Examples for "
jaw
"
jaw
lecture
rag
scold
remonstrate
Examples for "
jaw
"
1
I could tell by the way his
jaw
started working double time.
2
But Brun's set
jaw
and hard look of determination left no doubt.
3
I really want to have a future my
jaw
hit the floor.
4
McAuliffe's words landed like a roundhouse right on the Clintons' collective
jaw
.
5
The set of her
jaw
told him everything Dougal needed to know.
1
Alexander's
lecture
will call for reform in Europe, not exit from Europe.
2
To be honest: An unheard voice in education:I
lecture
in higher education.
3
Professor Pumfrey's
lecture
will examine current concerns, promising practices and future trends.
4
And the final
lecture
reduces Thoreau's text to letters and silences, beginning:
5
The Soviet meets in the small
lecture
theatre of the old Polytechnic.
1
She dropped the
rag
when raised voices sounded from the main house.
2
Number Nine, voiced by Elijah Woods, leads the
rag
dolls to survival.
3
Over the past 20 years the
rag
-
and
-
bone
trade has had a makeover.
4
Funny really, seeing as the rest of us was in
rag
order.
5
He pushed aside the
rag
,
stared to the south for a moment.
1
As soon as you leave, she'll be free to
scold
me again.
2
Then the Queen began to
scold
the little lady, and to say:
3
I wondered why she didn't
scold
me for being gone so long.
4
Burtson conjured the words as a
scold
,
but they emerged more plealike.
5
Now they have something really to
scold
us about; but never mind.
1
She attempted to
remonstrate
;
she spoke of the perils of the journey.
2
I almost stopped to
remonstrate
,
but then wisely thought better of it.
3
Both players were seen to
remonstrate
with the referee after the match.
4
It is for the Holy Father to
remonstrate
,
if he thinks best.
5
I only tell you this, in case you feel inclined to
remonstrate
.
1
Even attempts to
chide
Trump for insulting others come across as hollow.
2
And for once in her life his daughter did not
chide
him.
3
And then I
chide
myself-why do my thoughts always turn to Rupert?
4
He did it out of love and we must not
chide
him.
5
The river hurried on meanwhile, and seemed to
chide
at our delay.
1
Mickelson's fellow players did not exactly wait in line to
berate
him.
2
Pretend
-
berate
people in public to see how your game is holding up.
3
Both images continued to yell at and
berate
him, moving closer still.
4
Brother started forward, stalking the king as Erius continued to
berate
Tobin.
5
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or
berate
yourself either.
1
We are both hard-working, well-organised teams who rarely
trounce
or get trounced.
2
But keep your grimy hands off my Rabelais, or I'll
trounce
you.
3
For if you do, I'll
trounce
you for it, do you hear?
4
Never again should we allow a comforting falsehood to
trounce
a painful truth.
5
I think they only ask me to play so they can
trounce
me.
1
Sounds fishy-butif it's so somebody ought to
lambaste
the old man.
2
The president used his campaign-style gathering to again
lambaste
the media.
3
Maybe we will call each other privately, quietly and lament,
lambaste
.
4
I'll
lambaste
dat coon when I gits him, so I will.
5
They
lambaste
impartially and with a certain Irish delight in doing the job thoroughly.
1
The US president took to Twitter to
lambast
bitcoin and its ilk.
2
Therefore it was surprising to hear Houllier
lambast
Steven Gerrard in the aftermath.
3
He got him down and started to
lambast
the Judas out of him.
4
Hallmark cards axes 106 jobs in New Zealand and Principals
lambast
ministry spending.
5
Critics
lambast
adventure literature for trumpeting colonialist white supremacy propaganda too.
1
I'll tell Mark to
dress
down
a bit and it'll be fine.
2
I swallowed, hands shaking as I pushed her
dress
down
her hips.
3
No matter what you choose to do I would say overall
dress
down
.
4
In Paris, the elite traditionally used to
dress
down
to fraternise.
5
She got up from the ground and smoothed her
dress
down
.
1
There was a
call
down
the deck, a knock at the door.
2
Afterwards, you
call
down
to the spa for an invigorating body wrap.
3
Such a punishment James and John would
call
down
on the Samaritans.
4
Did you
call
down
Heaven's vengeance on the murderer in approved fashion?
5
It is a bad thing to
call
down
a crisis in the night-time.
1
With the pack on our back we must
bawl
out
:
'Liberty forever!'
2
Catching sight of the druggist in the crowd, he stopped to
bawl
out
:
3
Then he began to
bawl
out
as loudly as he could for help.
4
The fat man with the megaphone would
bawl
out
,
'Hicky Bloo!'
5
My answer is to
bawl
out
:
'I don't want to be a brave soldier.
1
Stauer was about to
chew
out
his long-time friend, viciously.
2
Jamie Cloncurry was going to bite into Lizzie's neck, and
chew
out
her jugular.
3
Remind me to
chew
out
whoever left this mess.
4
You
chew
out
Blonde for running off at the mouth, yet she didn't say anything dangerous to us.
5
Canfield spat
chew
out
on the grated floor of the Pelican and shouted, "Lock and load Helljumpers!".
1
These he used to
chew
up
dinners heavily dependent on seal meat.
2
With them out of the way we'll simply
chew
up
the rest.
3
Also chance that rats will swim across and
chew
up
the exhibits.
4
Longer commutes
chew
up
time available for leading or contributing to community endeavours.
5
But you'll
chew
up
a lot of power feeding that habit.
1
But maybe you and your old man
have
words
now and again?
2
Ever before
have
words
of love for me fallen from your lips?
3
We just didn't
have
words
to label this form of discrimination.
4
Andy's father had wanted to go down to Bryn's house to
have
words
.
5
Well, I shall
have
words
if you don't answer the door.
1
Eric and I had been literally
called
on
the
carpet
.
2
He didn't like being
called
on
the
carpet
,
or being accountable for his behavior.
3
I'm not going to be
called
on
the
carpet
for giving you a sniffle.
4
Caird was
called
on
the
carpet
by his boss.
5
Oppenheimer was
called
on
the
carpet
.
1
This is a tactical error for which I'm immediately
taken
to
task
.
2
Then shall ye on that day be
taken
to
task
concerning pleasures.
3
It remains to be seen whether he's
taken
to
task
on this one.
4
I have been
taken
to
task
for not accepting Labour's civil union Bill.
5
I am not accustomed to be
taken
to
task
so sharply.
Usage of
reproof
in anglès
1
She inflicted
reproof
in the present without excluding hope in the future.
2
The latter seemed hurt by the
reproof
;
but it left him thoughtful.
3
She looks at the intruder as much in
reproof
as in surprise.
4
Further accounts given in this chapter prove the injustice of the
reproof
.
5
He said this in gentle
reproof
of his spirited daughter; and then,-
6
The abashed governess received the
reproof
of her principal on all fours.
7
She was no subject for angry
reproof
;
but for pity and forbearance.
8
He is the only man to whom Alfred will listen in
reproof
.
9
In any case, it seems to have been only a solitary
reproof
.
10
Flora glanced at him in amused
reproof
,
and Hardie turned to Grant.
11
Yes, Stephen; I can bear your
reproof
,
for I am too hot-headed.
12
Port abandoned his intended remonstrance and
reproof
and proceeded to answer it.
13
Lysander's voice died on his lips; the
reproof
struck home to him.
14
But he did not let us hear a word of the
reproof
.
15
The
reproof
was so gentle that no one could have been offended.
16
The quiet insight of the
reproof
,
its mitigating kindness, touched him sharply.
Other examples for "reproof"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
reproof
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
gentle reproof
mild reproof
severe reproof
sharp reproof
implied reproof
More collocations
Translations for
reproof
català
reprimenda
reprensió
reprovació
retret
renyar
reprendre
portuguès
condenar
repreender
reprimir
reprovar
repreensão
incriminar
censurar
espanyol
reprender a gritos
reprender
reconvenir
dar una paliza
reprochar
regañar
rechazar
amonestar
llamar la atención
tener unas palabras
poner verde
vociferar
discutir
echar una reprimenda
criticar
increpar
censurar
Reproof
through the time
Reproof
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare