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reprovingverbpresent participle 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 admonishing, chiding, rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching, ticking off berating, castigating, chewing out, dressing down, flaying, haranguing, jawing, keelhauling, lambasting, lecturing, railing (at or against), rating, scolding, scoring, upbraidingabusing, assailing, attacking, bad-mouthing, blaming, blasting, censuring, condemning, criticizing, crucifying, denouncing, dissing(slang), excoriating, faulting, knocking, lashing, panning, reprehending, slammingbelittling, deprecating, disparaging, minimizing, mocking, putting downderiding, ridiculing, scoffing, scorning burning one's ears, getting after, getting on approving, endorsing(also indorsing), OK'ing(or okaying), sanctioningapplauding, extolling, hailing, lauding, praising, saluting, touting 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 censuring, condemning, denouncing, objurgating, rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching admonishing, chastisingcastigating, punishingbawling out, berating, chewing out, cutting up, dressing down, flaying, gibbeting, jawing, keelhauling, lambasting, lecturing, ragging, railing (at or against), rating, scolding, scoring, telling off, upbraidingbelittling, criticizing, deprecating, depreciating, disparaging bringing to account, calling to account citing, commending, endorsing(also indorsing) acclaiming, applauding, hailing, honoringeulogizing, lauding, praisingapproving, blessing, sanctioning to hold an unfavorable opinion ofthe older generation has always reproved the younger generation's taste in music deprecating, disapproving (of), discountenancing, disesteeming, disfavoring, disliking, frowning (on or upon), misliking, tsk-tsking, tutting (over or about), tut-tutting (over or about) disrelishing, objecting (to), pooh-poohing(also poohing), rejecting, reprehending, reprobating, scorningcensuring, condemning, criticizing, denouncing, discommendingchiding, rebuking, reproaching, scolding looking down one's nose (on) approving, favoring, liking endorsing(also indorsing), sanctioning, supportingadoring, delighting (in), digging, enjoying, fancying, grooving (on), loving, relishing, reveling (in)(or revelling (in)) |