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# reproach

verb (reproach, reproaches, reproached, reproaching); noun (reproach, reproaches)

«reproach» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. verb To tell someone, gently or sadly, that you are disappointed in what they did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#m1)
2. noun Words or looks showing disappointment or blame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#m2)
3. beyond reproach So good that no one can criticise it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, a parent «looks at someone with reproach». In ethics: «reproach yourself» means feel guilty. In formal talk, «behaviour beyond reproach». Phrases: «a look of reproach», «beyond reproach», «reproach yourself».

### Examples

- Mum gave me a look of reproach when I came home muddy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x1)
- Don't reproach yourself, it wasn't your fault. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x2)
- The teacher reproached him for being unkind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x3)
- Her honesty is beyond reproach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x4)
- His silence was full of reproach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x5)
- The dog looked at me with reproach when I ate its biscuit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x6)
- When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: re-pro-ACH. Adjective «reproachful». Softer than «scold». Countable and uncountable as a noun.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means shame or disgrace, not only words of blame.

**Interpretation.** Rachel's words show how childlessness was felt as a shame, and Jacob's sons call marrying their sister to an uncircumcised man a disgrace to the family.

### Examples

- And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.' (Torah GEN.30.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproach/#x1)
- and said unto them: 'We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us. (Torah GEN.34.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproach/#x2)
- How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? (Writings PSA.74.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproach/#x3)
- Turn away my reproach which I dread; for Thine ordinances are good. (Writings PSA.119.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproach/#x4)
- Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people. (Writings PRO.14.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproach/#x5)

### Note

Spelling: re-pro-ACH. Adjective «reproachful». Softer than «scold». Countable and uncountable as a noun.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reproach» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproach/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reproach» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reproach.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «reproach» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproach/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reproach» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reproach.html) on Mova free.