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PRONUNCIATION OF REPROVING

reproving  [rɪˈpruːvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REPROVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reproving is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REPROVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of reproving in the English dictionary

The definition of reproving in the dictionary is disapproving; rebuking or scolding.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REPROVING


approving
əˈpruːvɪŋ
believing
bɪˈliːvɪŋ
carving
ˈkɑːvɪŋ
deserving
dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ
disapproving
ˌdɪsəˈpruːvɪŋ
earthmoving
ˈɜːθˌmuːvɪŋ
fast-moving
ˌfɑːstˈmuːvɪŋ
grieving
ˈɡriːvɪŋ
improving
ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ
Irving
ˈɜːvɪŋ
leaving
ˈliːvɪŋ
moving
ˈmuːvɪŋ
nonmoving
ˌnɒnˈmuːvɪŋ
serving
ˈsɜːvɪŋ
slow-moving
ˌsləʊˈmuːvɪŋ
starving
ˈstɑːvɪŋ
unapproving
ˌʌnəˈpruːvɪŋ
unmoving
ʌnˈmuːvɪŋ
unreproving
ˌʌnrɪˈpruːvɪŋ
weaving
ˈwiːvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REPROVING

reproduction proof
reproductive
reproductively
reproductiveness
reproductivity
reprogram
reprogrammable
reprogramme
reprographer
reprographic
reprographically
reprographics
reprography
reproof
reprovable
reproval
reprove
reprover
reprovingly
reprovision

WORDS THAT END LIKE REPROVING

coving
diving
driving
duck-shoving
fun-loving
giving
home-loving
living
loving
nonloving
peace-loving
pleasure-loving
proving
roving
saving
shaving
shoving
surviving
thanksgiving
unloving

Synonyms and antonyms of reproving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REPROVING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reproving» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of reproving

Translation of «reproving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REPROVING

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Translator English - Chinese

责备
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reprobatoria
570 millions of speakers

English

reproving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

reproving
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التوبيخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обличения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repreender
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুযোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réprobateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reproving
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zurechtweisen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

たしなめるような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

책망
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reproving
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quở trách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடிந்துகொள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Reproving
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

reproving
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reproving
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

upominania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викриття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mustra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιπλήττει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

berispe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillrättavisning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irettesettelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reproving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REPROVING»

The term «reproving» is regularly used and occupies the 104.347 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REPROVING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reproving

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REPROVING»

Discover the use of reproving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reproving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reproving: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations ReproachingBashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.ndash;AristotleSuperstition is the reproach of the Deity.ndash;Francis BaconOur own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the ...
‎2008
2
The Whetstone of Reproofe, Or a Reproving Censure of the ...
Declaring it by Discoverie of the Authors Fraudulent Proceeding, and Captious Cavilling, to be a Miere By-way Drawing Pore Travellers Out of the Royall and Common Streete, and Leading Them Deceitfully in to a Path of Perdition : With a  ...
T. T, 1632
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Eclectic Notes: Or, Notes of Discussions on Religious Topics ...
[Dr Gifford in the British Museum, and Mr Wesley in a coffeehouse, were brought forward as examples of reproving.] The Rev. G. Pattrick— In company, an ingenious man might do some good in the parabolic way. The Rev. H. Foster— As to ...
Eclectic Society (London, England), London (England). Eclectic Society, 1865
4
The Preaching Bishop Reproving Unpreaching Prelates Being a ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
Hugh Latimer, 2010
5
The Test Drug-Proving of the O O and L Society: A Reproving ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Howard Perry Bellows, 2010
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Sermons on several occasions [ed. by T. Jackson].
THE DUTY OF REPROVING OUR NEIGHBOUR. " Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shall in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him." Lev. xix. 17. A great part of the book of Exodus, and almost the whole of ...
John Wesley, Thomas Jackson, 1825
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The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M.
Sermon. LXX. —. The. Duty. of. Reproving. our. Neighbour. " Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart : thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him," Lev. xiz, 17. A great part of the book of Exodus, and almost the ...
John Wesley, John Emory, 1840
8
The Tour of the World in Eighty Days
admonestant un agent pris en flagrant délit de naïveté ... / ... reproving an agent caught at a very green trick. / Towle: administered to himself a sound lecture for his greenness. / Butcher: ... ticking off a policeman guilty of a simpleton's blunder.
Jules Verne, Jules Verne, Stephen White, Kieran O'Driscoll, Norman Wolcott, Norman M. Wolcott, 2009
9
The morning-exercise at Cripple-gate: or, Several cases of ...
So here, is it lawful to reprove a man (or every cause ? no,the Disciples were quite - cut in reproving t he children for coming to Christ in this chapter when it was not their tin, but their duty, ver. 13,14. Quakers make a stir about Culls, and Bands, ...
‎1671
10
The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DUTY OF REPROVING SINNERS. BY W. SHLrilEBD. I had once done some work for a gentleman's coachman, whose conversation had much pained and grieved my mind; it was profane and filthy in the extreme, ...
‎1812

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REPROVING»

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Fine dining is off the menu – eating in restaurants is fun nowadays
... hushed cathedrals of etiquette, with waiters gliding silently around the room as if on casters, or combing the crumbs off the tablecloth with a reproving smile. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
2
Berlin Film Review: 'Stations of the Cross'
Dietrich Brueggemann's rigorously reproving drama about the dangers of fanatical Catholicism is as preachy as the tenets it explodes. «Variety, Feb 14»

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