0 showing that you disapprove of someone's bad or silly behaviour: --
His tone was mildly reproving.
She threw him an angry and reproving look/glance.
There was a brief but unmistakably reproving silence.
He gave her a sharp reproving glance.
She made a gently reproving comment.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
reproving