reproach

REPROACH, verb transitive [Latin prox, in proximus.]1. To censure in terms of opprobrium or contempt.Mezentius with his ardor warm'd his fainting friends, reproach'd their shameful flight, repell'd the victors.2. To charge with a fault in severe language.That shame there sit not, and reproach us as unclean.3. To upbraid; to suggest blame for any thing. A man's conscience will reproach him for a criminal, mean or unworthy action.4. To treat with scorn or contempt. Luke 6:22.REPROACH, noun 1. Censure mingled with contempt or derision; contumelious or opprobrious language towards any person; abusive reflections; as foul-mouthed reproach 2. Shame; infamy; disgrace.Give not thine heritage to reproach Joel 2:17. Isaiah 4:1.3. Object of contempt, scorn or derision.Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may be no more a reproach Nehemiah 2:17.4. That which is the cause of shame or disgrace. Genesis 30:23