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reprovesverbpresent tense third-person singular of reprove to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a faultmy piano teacher often reproves me for slouching while playing, observing that good posture helps one play better admonishes, chides, rebukes, reprimands, reproaches, ticks off berates, castigates, chews out, dresses down, flays, harangues, jaws, keelhauls, lambastes(or lambasts), lectures, rails (at or against), rates, scolds, scores, upbraidsabuses, assails, attacks, bad-mouths, blames, blasts, censures, condemns, criticizes, crucifies, denounces, disses(slang), excoriates, faults, knocks, lashes, pans, reprehends, slamsbelittles, deprecates, disparages, minimizes, mocks, puts downderides, ridicules, scoffs, scorns burns one's ears, gets after, gets on approves, endorses(also indorses), OKs(or okays), sanctionsapplauds, extols(also extolls), hails, lauds, praises, salutes, touts to express public or formal disapproval ofthe principal reproved the hockey team for their display of poor sportsmanship on the ice and ordered that a letter of apology be sent to the other school censures, condemns, denounces, objurgates, rebukes, reprimands, reproaches admonishes, chastisescastigates, punishesbawls out, berates, chews out, cuts up, dresses down, flays, gibbets, jaws, keelhauls, lambastes(or lambasts), lectures, rags, rails (at or against), rates, scolds, scores, tells off, upbraidsbelittles, criticizes, deprecates, depreciates, disparages brings to account, calls to account cites, commends, endorses(also indorses) acclaims, applauds, hails, honorseulogizes, lauds, praisesapproves, blesses, sanctions to hold an unfavorable opinion ofthe older generation has always reproved the younger generation's taste in music deprecates, disapproves (of), discountenances, disesteems, disfavors, dislikes, frowns (on or upon), mislikes, tsk-tsks, tuts (over or about), tut-tuts (over or about) disrelishes, objects (to), pooh-poohs(also poohs), rejects, reprehends, reprobates, scornscensures, condemns, criticizes, denounces, discommendschides, rebukes, reproaches, scolds looks down one's nose (on) approves, favors, likes endorses(also indorses), sanctions, supportsadores, delights (in), digs, enjoys, fancies, grooves (on), loves, relishes, revels (in) |