Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exprobrative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pro-bra-tive
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"All benefites loosing much of their splendor […] that doe beare with them an exprobrative terme of necessitie."

Etymology

From exprobrate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: exprobrate

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more exprobrative (comparative) most exprobrative (superlative)

Synonyms

exprobratory

Questions

What does exprobrative mean?: Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.
Where does exprobrative come from?: From exprobrate + -ive.

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