Word Meanings - REPROVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To convince. When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9. 2. To disprove; to refute. Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak. 3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty;

Additional info about word: REPROVE

1. To convince. When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9. 2. To disprove; to refute. Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak. 3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure. What if thy son Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort, "Wherefore didst thou beget me" Milton. 4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults. He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men. Udall. Syn. -- To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure. -- Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand. These words all signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove implies greater calmness and self-possession. To rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A reproof may be administered long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the reformation of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from a person invested with authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REPROVE)

• Admonish
• Remind
• forewarn
• advise
• warn
• dissuade
• caution
• counsel
• reprove
• censure
• rebuke
• Blame
• Censure
• chide
• reproach
• vituperate
• dispraise
• disapprove
• condemn
• reprehend
• reprobate
• stricture
• inculpate
• berate
• scold
• upbraid
• disapproval
• remonstrance
• reprimand
• dispiaise
• Chide
• Rate
• trounce
• blame
• admonish
• objurgate
• Condemn
• convict
• cast
• denounce
• doom
• sentence

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REPROVE)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Sanction

Related words: (words related to REPROVE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• CAUTIONARY BLOCK
  A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.
• ADMONISHER
  One who admonishes.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• REMIND
  To put in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of . When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality. South.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CHIDESTER
  A female scold.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• REMINDER
  One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• DENOUNCE
  denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a 1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim . Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx.
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• CHIDER
  One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
• CONVICTION
  A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone. 3. The act of convincing of
• REPREHENDER
  One who reprehends.
• CONDEMNER
  One who condemns or censures.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• MISADVISE
  To give bad counsel to.
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.
• PRECAUTION
  praecautum, to guard against beforehand; prae before + cavere be on 1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution. They treasured up their supposed discoveries