reprove
reprove is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To convince. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To convince.
- transitive verb. To disprove; to refute.
- transitive verb. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.
- transitive verb. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
- verb. take to task
"He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
Synonyms
Common word forms
reproved, reprover, reproves, reproving
Words from these letters
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