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reproving::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | admonishing, admonitory, reproachful |
Examples of reproving
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Other results were received along the line of reinterpreting or reproving previously known results.
From the en.wikipedia.org
An argument breaks out, amid much reproving shushing.
From the theater2.nytimes.com
Further up is his attic, from which can be seen, on a clear day, the far-off, reproving face of Mount Monadnock.
From the theatlantic.com
Gingrich fixed King with a vicious glare and chastised him like a boarding school headmaster reproving a wayward student.
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As we sat down to talk, he cautioned me, in the manner of a reproving parent, that I'd made a mistake in coming to see him.
From the theatlantic.com
Since Mr Abacha took over in 1993, Britain and America have tried reproving words and mild sanctions to push him towards democracy.
From the economist.com
To which the drab, meandering late 20th-century office life acts as a reproving commentary, a rebuttal of the American dream.
From the guardian.co.uk
Coward, who had his reproving, Puritan side, tried to hedge his bets a bit here, arguing that he preferred to think that they were principally laughing at themselves.
From the independent.co.uk
A prophet, based at Shiloh, who went throughout the land, from place to place, with unwearied zeal, reproving, rebuking, and exhorting the people to repentance.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Admonish: take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
- (reproval) rebuke: an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
- (reproving) admonitory: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
- (reproval) The act of reproving
- (v.) to scold, rebuke (Lara reproved her son for sticking each and every one of his fingers into the strawberry pie.)
- Admonish, convict, find fault. The work of the Holy Spirit will include the reproving of mankind (John 16:8).
- (v) - to blame; to rebuke
