An act or expression of criticism and censure.
Censure severely or angrily.
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.
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