Word Meanings - REPROACHABLR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Deserving reproach; censurable. 2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. Sir T. Elyot. -- Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*proach"a*bly, adv.

Related words: (words related to REPROACHABLR)

• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• DESERVEDNESS
  Meritoriousness.
• DESERVE
  1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John
• CENSURABLE
  Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct. -- Cen"sur*a*bleness, n. -- Cen"sur*a*bly, adv.
• SCURRILOUS
  1. Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow. 2. Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language.
• DESERVEDLY
  According to desert ; justly.
• PROACH
  See APPROACH
• DESERVING
  Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.
• REPROACHFUL
  1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life. Syn.
• REPROACHLESS
  Being without reproach.
• REPROACH
  LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your
• DESERVER
  One who deserves.
• REPROACHABLR
  1. Deserving reproach; censurable. 2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. Sir T. Elyot. -- Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*proach"a*bly, adv.
• LUCKY PROACH
  See FATHERLASHER
• UNDESERVER
  One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. Shak.
• APPROACHABLENESS
  The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
• UNDESERVE
  To fail to deserve. Milton.
• IRREPROACHABLY
  In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
• REAPPROACH
  To approach again or anew.
• IRREPROACHABLENESS
  The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
• SELF-REPROACHING
  Reproaching one's self. -- Self`-re*proach"ing*ly, adv.
• APPROACHLESS
  Impossible to be approached.