Reproachful — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻpɹˈoʊtʃfəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪpɹˈəʊtʃfəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪpɹˈəʊtʃfəl/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻpɹˈoʊtʃfəl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

admonishing admonitory reproving

Word Forms

admonish

verb

take to task

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vorwurfsvoll

Tadel oder Vorwurf äußern, insbesondere als Korrektiv

🇫🇷French

de reproche

exprimer une réprimande ou un reproche, notamment à titre correctif

🇪🇸Spanish

lleno de reproches

Expresar reproche o reproche, especialmente como correctivo.

🇮🇹Italian

rimproverante

esprimere rimprovero o rimprovero soprattutto come correttivo

🇳🇱Dutch

verwijtend

het uiten van berispingen of verwijten, vooral als correctief middel

🇵🇹Portuguese

reprovador

expressar reprovação ou reprovação especialmente como uma medida corretiva

🇷🇺Russian

укоризненный

выражение упрека или упрека, особенно в качестве корректирующего

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तिरस्कार का

विशेषकर सुधारात्मक रूप में भर्त्सना या तिरस्कार व्यक्त करना

🇧🇩Bengali

নিন্দনীয়

বিশেষত সংশোধনমূলক হিসাবে তিরস্কার বা তিরস্কার প্রকাশ করা

🇮🇳Tamil

நிந்தனைக்குரிய

கண்டனம் அல்லது நிந்தையை குறிப்பாக ஒரு திருத்தமாக வெளிப்படுத்துதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

నిందించే

ముఖ్యంగా దిద్దుబాటుగా నిందలు లేదా నిందలు వ్యక్తం చేయడం

🇮🇳Marathi

निंदनीय

विशेषतः सुधारात्मक म्हणून निंदा किंवा निंदा व्यक्त करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિંદાકારક

ખાસ કરીને સુધારાત્મક તરીકે ઠપકો અથવા ઠપકો વ્યક્ત કરવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಂದನೀಯ

ಖಂಡನೆ ಅಥವಾ ನಿಂದೆಯನ್ನು ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಸರಿಪಡಿಸುವಂತೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിന്ദ്യമായ

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു തിരുത്തൽ എന്ന നിലയിൽ ശാസനയോ നിന്ദയോ പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਿੰਦਣਯੋਗ

ਤਾੜਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਬਦਨਾਮੀ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਵਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਸੁਧਾਰਾਤਮਕ ਵਜੋਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

ملامت کرنے والا

خاص طور پر اصلاحی کے طور پر ملامت یا ملامت کا اظہار کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

责备的

表达责备或责备，尤其是作为纠正

🇯🇵Japanese

非難的な

特に矯正として叱責または非難を表現する

🇰🇷Korean

꾸짖는

특히 시정을 위해 책망이나 비난을 표현함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đáng trách

bày tỏ sự khiển trách hoặc trách móc đặc biệt là như một sự sửa chữa

🇹🇭Thai

น่าตำหนิ

การแสดงคำตำหนิหรือตำหนิโดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งเพื่อเป็นการแก้ไข

🇮🇩Indonesian

penuh celaan

mengungkapkan teguran atau celaan terutama sebagai koreksi

🇵🇭Filipino

mapanlait

pagpapahayag ng pagsaway o panunumbat lalo na bilang isang pagwawasto

🇲🇾Malay

mencela

menyatakan teguran atau celaan terutamanya sebagai pembetulan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عتاب

- التعبير عن التوبيخ أو التوبيخ خاصة كتصحيح

🇮🇷Persian

سرزنش کننده

بیان سرزنش یا سرزنش به ویژه به عنوان اصلاح

🇹🇷Turkish

sitemkar

Özellikle düzeltici olarak sitem veya suçlamayı ifade etmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוֹכִיחַ

הבעת תוכחה או תוכחה במיוחד כתיקון

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