reprove
To express disapprovalTo express disapproval.
» The principal severely reproved the students whenever they made a mess in the hallway.
Der Direktor tadelte die Schüler streng, wenn diese den Flur in Unordnung gebracht hatten.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To express disapproval.
rügen, tadeln, maßregeln
(transitive)To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.
(transitive)To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.).
(transitive)To prove again.
- take to task
Examples
4 sentencesThe principal severely reproved the students whenever they made a mess in the hallway.
deDer Direktor tadelte die Schüler streng, wenn diese den Flur in Unordnung gebracht hatten.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Comedy reproves mores through laughter.
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-Norman reprover, Middle French reprouveFrom Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-Norman reprover, Middle French reprouver, from Latin reprobāre. Doublet of reprobate.
From re- + prove.
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Forms
reproves, reproving, reproved, reprovedSynonyms
70 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle