Reproach

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.

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