Reproachful

Definition

reproach /rÇ'prǝƱtʃ/ v ( fml ) (က) ~ sb/oneself (for sth/doing sth) အျပစ္တင္သည္။ She reproached him gently for forgetting their anniversary. ❍ You have nothing to reproach yourself for (ie that you need regret). (ခ) ~ sb/oneself with sth ျပစ္တင္ေဝဖန္သည့္သေဘာျပသည္။ She reproached him with aloofness. n ၁။ (က) [U] အျပစ္တင္ျခင္း။ အျပစ္အဆာ။ a word/look/sigh of reproach ❍ Her manners are above/beyond reproach (ie perfect). (ခ) [C] အျပစ္ဆိုျခင္း။ heap reproaches on sb. ၂။ (က) [U] ( fml ) အရွက္ရျခင္း။ သိကၡာက် ျခင္း။ bring reproach upon oneself. (ခ) [sing] ~ (to sb/sth) ရွက္ဖြယ္ကိစၥ။ အမည္းစက္။ Poverty is/The poor are a constant reproach to our society. ❏ reproachful /-fl/ adj အျပစ္တင္ဟန္။ a reproachful look/tone. reproachfully /-fǝli/ adv

Examples

1. [reproach someone for (doing) something] : The General was reproached by his allies for failing to inform them of his plans.