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reproaching

reproaching is the present participle and gerund of reproach.

Meaning of reproach

Verb

reproach (third-person singular simple present reproaches, present participle reproaching, simple past and past participle reproached)

  1. (transitive) To criticize or rebuke (someone).
    • if ye be reproached for the name of Christ1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 4:14
  2. (transitive) To disgrace, or bring shame upon.
    • I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, / For that he knew you, might reproach your life.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Noun

reproaching (plural reproachings)

  1. The act of showing reproach.
    • Secondly, the churches themselves may be separated from, who tolerate their members in such causeless reproachings.1848, Hanserd Knollys Society for the Publication of the Works of Early English and other Baptist Writers, Publications: Williams, Roger. The bloudy tenet of persecution

Forms of reproaching

pluralreproachings

Questions about reproaching

What does reproaching mean?
Reproaching means the act of showing reproach.
What is reproaching the present participle and gerund of?
Reproaching is the present participle and gerund of reproach.
What part of speech is reproaching?
Reproaching is a noun.
What is the plural of reproaching?
The plural of reproaching is reproachings.

Words near reproaching in the dictionary

  1. reproachest
  2. reproacheth
  3. reproachful
  4. reproachfully
  5. reproachfulness
  6. reproaching
  7. reproachingly
  8. reproachings
  9. reproachless
  10. reproachlessness
  11. reproachment

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