verb
- to criticize or correct someone, especially in a gentle or formal way
Usage: formal
Examples
- The teacher reproved the student for talking during the lesson.
- She gently reproved her son for his poor table manners.
- The manager reproved the employee for arriving late to work.
- His mother reproved him with a stern look.
- The judge reproved the lawyer for interrupting the witness.
- She reproved herself for making such a careless mistake.