Definition: (verb) Express criticism towards.
Synonyms: reproach.
Usage: Eleanor upbraided her husband for forgetting to pick up the dry cleaning.
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- self-reproach Definition: (noun) A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed). Synonyms: compunction, remorse. Usage: There came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors. Discuss
- disparage Definition: (verb) To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way. Synonyms: belittle, pick at. Usage: When it came to the principal's attention that Mrs. Smith regularly disparaged her students' efforts, she was removed from the classroom and reprimanded. Discuss
- molder Definition: (verb) To crumble to dust; disintegrate. Synonyms: rot, decompose. Usage: Far better that crows and ravens ... should pick my flesh from my bones, than that they should be prisoned in a workhouse coffin and molder in a pauper's grave. Discuss
- farinaceous Definition: (adjective) Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. Synonyms: grainy, granular, gritty, coarse-grained, mealy. Usage: My husband's cooking efforts have left a farinaceous residue in my frying pan that I do not look forward to cleaning. Discuss