reproval

Other forms of reproval

plural

reprovals·

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 reproval

What does reproval mean?

reproval means "an act or expression of criticism and censure".

How many syllables are in reproval?

reproval has 3 syllables: re-pro-val. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for reproval?

Close synonyms include rebuke, reproof, reprehension, reprimand. 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 reproval a common word?

reproval is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.