reproach

Other forms of reproach

plural

reproaches·

past tense

reproached·

present participle

reproaching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reproach

What does reproach mean?

reproach means "a mild rebuke or criticism". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reproach?

reproach has 2 syllables: re-proach. The stress falls on "proach". In IPA it is /ɹiˈpɹoʊtʃ/.

What is another word for reproach?

Close synonyms include upbraid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reproach a common word?

reproach is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reproach?

1 word rhymes with reproach. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.