reproachful


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adjexpressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

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All this as the mother stood by and watched with wounded, reproachful eyes, encouraging the children's feelings of angst.
It is futile and reproachful to deny history or pretend that certain historical events did not happen, as epitomised by the disavowal of June 12.
He initially seemed reproachful and unbending, but it was all but part of his character that was steeped in discipline.
For instance, such interpellation surfaces as reproachful mutterings.
The reproachful lament conveys the overwhelming emotions of remorse and despair with musical inlays of a sorrowful clarinet and wistful vocals.
BILLY Vunipola has promised to heed reproachful emails from his aunties in Australia warning him to keep his cool in Saturday's Champions Cup final.
In Portrait two small cowrie shells and a leather strap glued onto an image of a hollow tree suggest a reproachful, anteater-like totem.
Let us first dispense with the obligatorily reproachful throat clearing: Donald Trump was foolish and irresponsible to imply at a Florida pep rally that a terrorist attack had occurred in Sweden the previous evening.
He is in campaign mode, and his reproachful public stance reflects the letdown many Iranians feel that the economic benefits from the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions have been meager so far.
Giving evidence by videolink, the man known only as Soldier B said: "I have nothing to be reproachful about."
As my grandmother was fond of reminding us, with a reproachful glance at my mother, my father grew up the youngest of three sons, or--depending on how much whisky my grandmother had sipped--four sons.
'Slovenly reading of book!' Professor P protested, underlining his accusation and adding an exclamation point for emphasis amidst a garbled red sea of reproachful commentary.
Every so often the mime would stop in her tracks, turn dramatically, and pull a reproachful face.