1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. "The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here." (Shak)

2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

Synonyms: Opprobrious, contumelious, abusive, offensive, insulting, contemptuous, scornful, insolent, scurrilous, disreputable, discreditable, dishonorable, shameful, disgraceful, scandalous, base, vile, infamous.

Reproach"fully, Reproach"fulness.

(01 Mar 1998)