Reproof

Definitions: Reproof

Reproof

Noun

1. An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face".

Verb

1. Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic.

Date "reproof" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Reproof

Synonyms: rebuke (n), reprehension (n), reprimand (n), reproval (n), bawl out (v), berate (v), chew out (v), chew up (v), chide (v), dress down (v), have words (v), jaw (v), lambast (v), lambaste (v), lecture (v), rag (v), remonstrate (v), scold (v), trounce (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disapprobation	Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look.
Retaliation	Tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Author	Quotation
Samuel Lover	Reproof on her lips, but a smile in her eyes.
Walter Savage Landor	An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	I cannot tell if to depart in silence Or bitterly to speak in your reproof Best fitteth my degree or your condition.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Listen to every zephyr for some reproof, for it is surely there, and he is unfortunate who does not hear it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ADMONITION, n. Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe. Friendly warning. Consigned by way of admonition, His soul forever to perdition. Judibras
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Reproof" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.56% of the time. "Reproof" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.56%	43	52,181
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	4.44%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	45	N/A

Expressions using "reproof": a look of reproof ♦ of reproof ♦ reproof valiant ♦ sharp reproof. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "reproof": self-reproof.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "reproof"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		berisping (observation, remark, reproach). (various references)

Albanian		vërejtje (attention, comment, custody, jobation, objection, observation, rebuke, remark, reproach, reservation, reserve), qortim (admonition, chiding, correction, exception, objurgation, observation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, rowing, schooling, scolding, set down, snub, talking to, telling off, twit, wigging). (various references)

Arabic		‏لوم (admonition, blame, censure, lambaste, railing, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, twit, upbraid), ‏توبيخ (admonition, censure, correction, dressing down, lesson, objurgation, rap, rating, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, scolding, talking to, telling off, upbraiding, wig), ‏تانيب, ‏تأنيب (castigation, chiding, objurgation, reprimand, reproach, row, scolding), ‏إستنكار (censure, condemnation, denouncement, denunciation, disapprobation, disapproval). (various references)

Bulgarian		укор (imputation, objurgation, rap, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, snub), порицание (animadversion, castigation, censure, decrial, dispraise, imputation, rebuke, reflection, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, stricture). (various references)

Chinese		非難 (blame). (various references)

Czech		výtka (admonition, censure, rebuke, rub), pokárání (caution, censure, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand), domluva (agreement, preachment). (various references)

Dutch		terechtwĳzing (observation, remark, reproach), terechtwýzing (account, information, observation, remark, reproach), standje (observation, remark, reproach), blaam (observation, remark, reproach), berisping (observation, remark, reprimand, reproach), aanmerking (criticism, observation, remark). (various references)

Esperanto		riproĉadmono, mallaŭdo (observation, remark). (various references)

Farsi		ملامت (Rebuke, Snuff, Tax), نکوهش (Criticism, Remonstrance), توبیخ ملایم , سرزنش (Blame, Censure, Demerit, Obloquy, Rail, Remonstrance, Reproach, Sarcasm, Snub, Twit, Vituperation). (various references)

Finnish		soimaus (reprimand, reproach), ojennus (alignment, distraction, extension, reprimand, straightening), nuhde (admonition, reproach), muistutus (comment, objection, remark, reminder, reprimand), moite (blame, censure). (various references)

French		reproche (rebuke, reproach, reproaches), réprimande (rebuke, reprimand, reprimands), désapprobation, blâme (rebuke, reprimand). (various references)

German		Tadel (animadversion, animadversions, black mark, blame, blemish, censure, criticism, demerit, disapproval, impeachment, objurgation, observation, rebuke, remark, reprimand, reproach, taint), Vorwurf (accusation, complaint, impeachment, look of reproach, reproach, reproval, upbraiding), Verweis (admonishment, amendment, animadversion, cross reference, rebuke, reference, reprimand). (various references)

Greek		μομφή (animadversion, blame, censure, reproach, slur, stricture), επίκριση (animadversion, castigation, censure, criticism, railing, stricture), επίπληξη (admonition, lecture, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproval, scolding, snub, telling off, wigging). (various references)

Hebrew		מוסר (chastisement, correction, ethics, instruction, moral, morale, punishment), ל�"תריס (argue, challenge, contradict, defy, protest against), ל�'עור (curse, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, tell off), תוכח�" (admonition, exhortation, harangue, punishment, rebuke, reproach, trouble), �"וכח�" (admonition, conviction, demonstration, evidence, proof, substantiation). (various references)

Hungarian		rosszallás (animadversion, condemnation, deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disfavour), feddés (blame, rating, reprimand, ticking). (various references)

Italian		biasimo (animadversion, bl, blame, censure, condemnation, me, rebuke, reference, reflection, reflexion, reprimand). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		譴責 (censor, rebuke, reprimand), 問責 (blame, censure, rebuke, reprimand), �'�め (blame, censure, rebuke). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		も�"せき (blame, censure, rebuke, reprimand), け�"せき (censor, rebuke, reprimand), とがめ (blame, censure, rebuke). (various references)

Pig Latin		eproofray

Portuguese		reprovação (censure, condemnation, disapprobation, disapproval, flunk, plough, plow, reprobation), repreensão (admonition, brushoff, censure, chide, exhortation, expostulation, faultfinding, impeachment, lecture, lesson, rag, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, scolding, slur, snap, snub, talking to, trimming, upbringing, wigging), exprobração (upbringing), censura (accusation, animadversion, blame, censor, censorship, censure, condemnation, criticism, disapproval, faultfinding, impeachment, lecture, lesson, objurgation, rap, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, scolding, sermon, set down, slur, snub, trimming, upbringing, wigging). (various references)

Romanian		reproş (blame, censure, quarrel, reproach, slur, upbraiding), observaţie (admonition, analysis, comment, observation, reflection, remark, remonstrance, reprimand, study, survey, watching), mustrare (dressing, lash, lecture, pi-jaw, prick, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, row, scolding, slur, snub, trim, trimming, wigging), imputare (blame, imputation, reproach, twit), impregna din nou, dojanã (admonishment, lash, lecture, lesson, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, row, scolding, set down, snub, taunt, twit), condamnare (adjudgement, adjudgment, adjudication, blame, censure, condemnation, conviction, denunciation). (various references)

Russian		выговор (curtain lecture, dressing down, jobation, objurgation, rating, rebuke, reprimand, rowing, schooling, set-down, snub, talking to, talking-to, telling off, telling-off). (various references)

Scottish		trod (a quarrel, quarrel, scolding), achmhasan (a rebuke, rebuke, reprimand). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prekor (rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach), prebacivanje (shifting). (various references)

Spanish		reparo (cavil, criticism, demur, indemnity, objection, observation, remark, repair), censura (animadversion, blackout, blame, censor, censoring, censorship, censure, condensation, criticism, denunciation, observation, remark, reproach, stricture, viewing). (various references)

Swedish		förebråelse (expostulation, impeachment, opprobrium, reproach). (various references)

Turkish		yeniden geçirmez hale getirmek, yeniden dayanıklı yapmak, sitem (animadversion, complaint, expostulation, rebuke, remonstrance, representation, reproach, reproval), serzeniş, kınama (animadversion, blame, castigation, censure, condemnation, criticism, denouncement, denunciation, disapprobation, disapproval, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproval, strafing, strictures), azar (earful, going-over, jaw, lashing, lecture, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproval, rocket, scolding, slating, talking to, telling off, tongue-lashing, trimming), ayıplama (blame, condemnation, disapproval, dispraise, reflection, reflexion, reprobation, reproval). (various references)

Turkmen		kдяinз (pronunciation, reproach). (various references)

Ukranian		докір (expostulation, objurgation, rebuke, reproach, reproval, twit), догана (blame, bobbing, castigation, dressing down, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, reproval, rowing, schooling, setdown, snub, telling). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự quở trách (comeuppance, objurgation, reprehension, reproach, row, rowing, strafe, upbraiding), sự mắng mỏ (dressing, row, rowing), sự khiển trách lời mắng mỏ, lời quở trách (lecture, rebuke, reprimand), lời khiển trách (censure, reprimand). (various references)

Welsh		sen (censure, rebuke), cerydd (admonition, censure, chastisement, correction, rebuke), anniolch (thanklessness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	accusatio, accusatione, accusationem, accusationis, castigatio, convicia, convicio, correctio, correctionis, correptio, correptione, correptionem, correptiones, correptioni, correptionis, increpatio, increpatione, increpationem, increpationes, increpationibus, increpationis. (various references)
Middle French	1400-1600	reprimende. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 30
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Oude hqelon emaiV prosecein boulaiV emukthrizon de emouV elegcouV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Nec adquieverint consilio meo et detraxerint universae correptioni meae
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Ne assentiden to my counseil, and bacbitiden to al my correccioun.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 30
Cebuano	Sila wala mobuot sa akong tambag, Sila nagtamay sa tanan ko nga pagbadlong.
Croatian	niti su poslušali moj savjet, nego su prezreli svaku moju opomenu.
Danish	mit Råd tog de ikke til sig, men lod hånt om al min Revselse.
Dutch	Zij hebben in Mijn raad niet bewilligd; al Mijn bestraffingen hebben zij versmaad;
Finnish	eivätkä suostuneet minun neuvooni, vaan katsoivat kaiken minun nuhteluni halvaksi,
French	Parce qu`ils n`ont point aimé mes conseils, Et qu`ils ont dédaigné toutes mes réprimandes,
German	wollten meinen Rat nicht und lästerten alle meine Strafe:
Haitian Creole	Nou pa t' janm vle koute konsèy m' t'ap ban nou, nou te toujou derefize koute m' lè m' t'ap korije nou.
Hungarian	Nem engedtek az én tanácsomnak; megvetették minden én feddésemet.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kamu tidak pernah mau menerima nasihat-nasihatku atau memperhatikan teguran-teguranku.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan tiada mereka itu mau menerima nasihatku dan dicelakannya tegurku.
Italian	non hanno accettato il mio consiglio e hanno disprezzato tutte le mie esortazioni;
Maori	Kihai i aro mai ki oku whakaaro; whakahawea ana ratou ki taku kupu riri katoa.
Norwegian	fordi de ikke vilde vite av mitt råd og foraktet all min tilrettevisning,
Portuguese	não quiseram o meu conselho e desprezaram toda a minha repreensão;
Rumanian	pentrucq n`au iubit sfaturile mele, wi au nesocotit toate mustrqrile mele.
Russian	ОЕ � ТЙОСМЙ УПЧЕФБ НПЕЗП, � ТЕЪТЕМЙ ЧУЕ П�'МЙЮЕОЙС НПЙ;
Swedish	ej heller ville följa mitt råd, utan föraktade all min tillrättavisning,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "reproof": reproofs. (additional references)
	Words ending with "reproof": fireproof. (additional references)
	Words containing "reproof": fireproofed, fireproofing, fireproofs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Reproof" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reprod, reproef, reproofed, Respro, resprout. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: proofer.
	Words within the letters "e-f-o-o-p-r-r"
	-1 letter: poorer, reroof, roofer.
	-2 letters: frore, proof, repro, roper.
	-3 letters: fore, froe, poof, poor, pore, prof, repo, roof, rope.
	-4 letters: err, fer, foe, fop, for, fro, ope, ore, per, pro, ref, rep, roe.
	-5 letters: ef, er, oe, of, op, or, pe, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-o-o-p-r-r"
	+1 letter: proofers, reproofs.
	+2 letters: fireproof, germproof, overproof, professor, proofread.
	+3 letters: airproofed, fireproofs, froghopper, outperform, perforator, professors, profounder, proofreads, underproof, waterproof.
	+4 letters: fireproofed, froghoppers, greaseproof, mothproofer, outperforms, perforation, perforators, pilferproof, profiterole, proofreader, rustproofed, tamperproof, waterproofs.
	+5 letters: fireproofing, flameproofer, greaseproofs, mothproofers, nonperformer, outperformed, perforations, performatory, preformation, professorate, professorial, professoriat, profiteroles, proofreaders, proofreading, shatterproof, soporiferous, waterproofed, waterproofer, weatherproof.
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