reproof

reproof is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Refutation; confutation; contradiction. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
2. noun. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.
3. noun. an act or expression of criticism and censure

   "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"

   Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproval

4. verb. censure severely or angrily

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

   Synonyms: berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, trounce

Synonyms

rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproval, berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, remonstrate, scold, trounce

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in reproof:

proofer

Common word forms

reproofs, reproofless

Words from these letters

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