reprocher

Meaning

to blame somebody for something (place blame upon)

Concepts

reproach

blame

rebuke

upbraid

reprimand

scold

reprove

criticize

tell off

criminate

charge

take to task

berate

chew out

chide

dress down

reproof

criticise

criticism

threaten

censure

admonish

bawl out

call down

call on the carpet

chew up

have words

jaw

lambast

lambaste

lecture

rag

remonstrate

trounce

brush down

find fault

pick

accuse

reprehension

reproval

complain

get on somebody’s case

read somebody the riot act

impeach

disencumber

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French reprochier, from Vulgar Latin *repropiāre, from prope (“nearby”). See also rapprocher.

Sentences

On a pu lui reprocher un peu d’accent pointu parisien qui lui revenait parfois .

We could reproach him with a little pointed Parisian accent that sometimes came back to him.