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exprobrative

exprobrative adjective: expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.

Adjective

exprobrative (comparative more exprobrative, superlative most exprobrative)

  1. (obsolete) Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.
    • All benefites loosing much of their splendor […] that doe beare with them an exprobrative terme of necessitie.1613, Anthony Sherley, Sir Anthony Sherley: his Relation of his Travels into Persia
    Synonyms:
    exprobratory

Synonyms of exprobrative

Forms of exprobrative

comparativemore exprobrative
superlativemost exprobrative

Origin of exprobrative

From exprobrate + -ive.

Questions about exprobrative

What does exprobrative mean?
Exprobrative means expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.
What part of speech is exprobrative?
Exprobrative is an adjective.

Words near exprobrative in the dictionary

  1. exprobrated
  2. exprobrates
  3. exprobrating
  4. exprobration
  5. exprobrations
  6. exprobrative
  7. exprobratory
  8. expromission
  9. expromissor
  10. expromissors
  11. expropriable

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