reprove
verb[T]
formaluk/rɪˈpruːv/us/rɪˈpruːv/totellsomeone that youdisapproveoftheirbadorsillybehaviour:
责备;斥责;指责Theteachergentlyreproved theboysfornotpayingattention.男孩子们不注意听讲,老师委婉地责备了他们。
Synonyms
admonishformal
scoldold-fashioned
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
- bawl
- bawlsomeoneout
- be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
- carpet
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lecture
- pull
- pullsomeoneup
- punchbag
- punching bag
- putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
- reproach
- reproachful
- shame
- tear
- there'll be hell to payidiom
- upbraid