reprover

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noun

One who reproves; a rebuker.

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Meanings

nounreprover (plural reprovers)

plural reprovers

  1. One who reproves; a rebuker.

    Yet this conceitednesse and Itch of being taken for a Counsellour, maketh more Reprovers, than Peccants in the world.

    1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who finds fault or imputes blame

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upbraiderreproacherrebuker
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Also see
rebukerreproacherupbraider

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From reprove + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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