0 past simple and past participle of reproach --
1 to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not doing what is expected: --
We have been reviled and reproached for our failure to secure convictions.
Temperance reformers have frequently been reproached on the ground that they did not obtain practical results because of the difference of opinion amongst themselves.
Apparently, the medical profession is reproached for entertaining the dislike it undoubtedly has for salaried medical services.
Our forebears cannot be reproached because they did not wholly foresee the great development of our communities and their needs.
I think he reproached me, in his usual polite and mild manner, for the brevity of my introductory speech.
It is manifest that he has changed his view, and nobody is to be reproached because, on further reflection, he has changed his view.
They have not reproached us on these points.
It can also be reproached for wanting to impose all its ideas despite their unpopularity.
