(v. t.) To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.
(v. t.) To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Ministry is reproved for not following the Norwegian Parliament's legislative guidelines regarding the assurance of personal freedom of conscience for medical personnel to refuse to assist in the performance of abortions for religious, ethical, or moral reasons.
(2) Their husbands were warned not to go to prostitutes, carriers of STDs; yet the prostitutes were reproved, not the men.
(3) As trusts plunge deeper into debt, they have also been reproved by their regulator for the rising pay bill Ask her about her EU nurses and the way she brims with extravagant praise betrays her anxiety following the referendum: “They make a huge contribution with very strong skills that lift the standard of our own.
(4) Yet, as trusts plunge deeper into debt, they have also been reproved by their regulator, NHS Improvement, for the rising pay bill.
(5) I recall him reproving me when I disparaged one of his ultra-Blairite cabinet colleagues.
(6) The physician was officially reproved by the Aachen government for having trespassed his authority in obtaining the twin monster.
Upbraid
Definition:
(v. t.) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
(v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
(v. t.) To treat with contempt.
(v. t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
(v. i.) To utter upbraidings.
(n.) The act of reproaching; contumely.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is easier, after all, to upbraid a Chinese writer from afar than to risk public scorn and official disapproval in America by upholding the rights of Bradley Manning .
(2) Twitter user @GreenEpidemic ironically upbraided @JasonZubris for doubting the provenance of the message, pointing out that the sender promised the text was “highly legitimate” .
(3) Michael Gove's complaints about poor writing standards in English classrooms have been put in perspective after a 10-year-old upbraided him for grammatical inconsistencies in this week's spelling, punctuation and grammar tests.
(4) The 10-minute encounter, in which Paxman upbraided the comedian because he "can't be arsed to vote", became an unlikely YouTube hit, with 10 million views – nearly 20 times Newsnight's average audience.
(5) In the past, the US has upbraided both allies and adversaries over the indiscriminate use of aerial strikes.
(6) On Tuesday, Comey upbraided Clinton and her staff with a lengthy and scathing description of what agents had found on her private email servers.
(7) At this point in the story the principal character is upbraided by one of her superiors for having a transcendent experience, but keeping it to herself.
(8) He could have been upbraiding his earlier, over-promising self.
(9) Photograph: Kane Skennar It begins with vampires Viago (Waititi) and Vladislav (Clement) upbraiding their flatmate Deacon (Jonny Brugh) for slovenliness around their shared home.
(10) The latest development has seen a Romney aide furiously upbraiding journalists attending an event with Romney in Poland for wanting to ask questions of the candidate, telling journalists to "Kiss my ass."
(11) Meanwhile, an apparently penitent Mr Clinton made his most emotional appeal so far for the mercy and forgiveness of the American people, upbraiding himself as a sinner and issuing fresh apologies for his record of sex and lies with Ms Lewinsky.
(12) The frustrations of his campaign brains trust spilled over when the party’s pollster Mark Textor upbraided the electoral commission on social media for counting too slowly.
(13) One of the first things he did, establishing beyond doubt that things had changed, was to upbraid the mainstream media.
(14) Only last week he upbraided the comedian and actor, Russell Brand (video) on air for admitting that he has never voted and glibly predicting a revolution ("it is totally going to happen").
(15) I apologise for going on so long about my own ailments – a dreadful case of "anecdotal evidence", for which I am continually upbraided by clinical purists.
(16) In particular, the judge Goolam Meeran upbraided the UN, "the principal agency promoting the observance of human rights norms and practices and respect for the rule of law", for having "condoned such humiliating and degrading treatment of a member of its own staff".
(17) In a letter released on Tuesday night, May upbraided Gove for the Department for Education's handling of allegations regarding Islamists in Birmingham schools for what she called "the inability of local and central government to tackle the problem effectively".
(18) He once wrote: "The robust tabloids flashed the Green Light, were promptly denounced by other newspapers for their gaucherie or vulgarity or lèse majesté, and then were echoed by the very newspapers who had so severely upbraided them for their frankness."
(19) The Khans toured TV studios, explaining that grief had overwhelmed Ghazala when she saw a photo of her son – and then the couple calmly upbraided the Republican nominee’s character.
(20) She is shouted at by family members for being late and not spending enough time with each client, then upbraided by the company because of the complaints it receives.