exprobrate

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verb

To reproach or upbraid

OriginLatin exprōbrātus →
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Meanings

verbexprobrate (third-person singular simple present exprobrates, present participle exprobrating, simple past and past participle exprobrated)

present singular third person exprobrates · participle present exprobrating · participle past exprobrated · past exprobrated

  1. datedTo reproach or upbraid

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
reproachupbraid

Origin

  1. Latinexprōbrātus
  2. Englishexprobrate

From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) (whence -ate, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-).

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APA

exprobrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exprobrate

MLA

“exprobrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exprobrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exprobrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exprobrate.

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