reproachful

[ ri-prohch-fuh l ]

/ rɪˈproʊtʃ fəl /

full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.

Obsolete. deserving reproach; shameful.

Origin of reproachful

First recorded in 1540–50; reproach + -ful

re·proach·ful·ly, adverb re·proach·ful·ness, noun un·re·proach·ful, adjective un·re·proach·ful·ly, adverb

un·re·proach·ful·ness, noun

"Why, you've hardly tried your own mare at all," said the lad, reproachfully.

Castle Richmond |Anthony Trollope
"You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," said Anne reproachfully.

Anne Of Green Gables |Lucy Maud Montgomery
He could have saved himself if it hadnt been for us, said Nancy reproachfully.

The Motor Maids Across the Continent |Katherine Stokes
No walks, no rides; and my poor pony looked so reproachfully at me.

The Black Tor |George Manville Fenn

They looked at me reproachfully from over his silver-rimmed spectacles, right into my heart.

Jewish Children |Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

reproachful

/ (rɪˈprəʊtʃfʊl) /

full of or expressing reproach

archaic deserving of reproach; disgraceful

reproachfully, adverb reproachfulness, noun