Usually means: Correcting or criticizing someone's behavior.
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  1. reproving: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. reproving: Merriam-Webster
  3. reproving: Collins English Dictionary
  4. reproving: Vocabulary.com
  5. Reproving, reproving: Wordnik
  6. reproving: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. reproving: Wiktionary
  8. Reproving, reproving: Dictionary.com
  9. Reproving: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. reproving: Rhymezone
  11. Reproving: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. reproving: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. reproving: FreeDictionary.org
  14. reproving: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. reproving: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. reproving: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Expressing reproof; reproachful or admonishing.
▸ noun:  The act of giving a reproof.

Similar:
reproachful, admonishing, admonitory, unfavourable, unfavorable, reprehensive, culpatory, approving, reclamatory, refutative, more...

Opposite:
approving, praising, commending

Types:
scolding, rebuking, admonishing, chastising, censuring, reprimanding, more...

Phrases:
self reproving, more...

Adjectives:
public, more, cheap, thorough, own, sharp, wise, careful



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Similar:
reproachful, admonishing, admonitory, unfavourable, unfavorable, reprehensive, culpatory, approving, reclamatory, refutative, more...

Opposite:
approving, praising, commending

Types:
scolding, rebuking, admonishing, chastising, censuring, reprimanding, more...

Phrases:
self reproving, more...

Adjectives:
public, more, cheap, thorough, own, sharp, wise, careful



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