reproving

  • 111reprobative — adj. admonishing, expressing censure, reproving …

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  • 112reprove — verb rebuke or reprimand. Derivatives reprovable adjective reprover noun reproving adjective reprovingly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. reprover, from late L. reprobare (see reprobate) …

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  • 113objurgatory — a. Culpatory, reprehensory, reproving, rebuking …

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  • 114censorious — adjective the appointment of censorious watchdogs over the broadcasters Syn: hypercritical, overcritical, fault finding, disapproving, condemnatory, denunciatory, deprecatory, disparaging, reproachful, reproving, censuring, captious, carping,… …

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  • 115reproachful — adjective Syn: disapproving, reproving, critical, censorious, disparaging, withering, accusatory, admonitory Ant: approving …

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  • 116censorious — adj critical, faultfinding, captious, carping; complaining, animadversional, nagging, hair splitting, querulous, caviling; caustic, biting, vitriolic, cutting, trenchant, severe; disparaging, berating, derogatory, disapproving, disapprobatory,… …

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  • 117compunctious — adj 1. remorseful, contrite, regretful, penitent, repentant, penitential; sorrowful, grieved, sad, mournful, doleful, rueful, sorry, apologetic; self reproaching, self reproving, self blaming, self accusing, self condemning, conscience stricken,… …

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  • 118deprecatory — adj 1. censuring, reproachful, op probious, impeaching, slating, inveighing, reproving, recriminating, reprehensive, reprobative, reprobating; denunciatory, denunciating, railing, cursing, condemnatory, maledictory, anathematizing; berating,… …

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  • 119derogatory — adj 1. discrediting, disfavorable, unfavorable, disapproving, disapprobatory, disapprobative; censuring, reproachful, opprobrious, impeaching, slating, inveighing, reproving, recriminating, reprehensive, reprobative, reprobating. 2. belittling,… …

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  • 120opprobrious — adj 1. disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful, degraded, inglorious; infamous, ignominious, odious, contemptible, despicable, detestable, sordid, degenerate, depraved, horrible, heinous, vicious, atrocious, flagitious; corrupt, reprehensible,… …

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