exprobrate means to reproach or upbraid. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “exprobrate” is a great word
EXPROBRATE — [Verb] To reproach or upbraid someone, especially by confronting them directly with a fault or disgraceful act. From Latin exprōbrātus, past participle of exprōbrāre, from ex- ("out, thoroughly") + probrum ("disgrace, shame, infamy"). Unlike "censure," which implies a formal, public disapproval, or "admonish," which suggests a gentle correction for the future, to exprobrate is to press a specific, past shame upon another’s conscience. It is the cold, precise enumeration of a betrayal over a ruined dinner, the deliberate naming of a cowardice everyone had tacitly agreed to forget, or the quiet, devastating repetition of a single word that encapsulates a lifetime of disappointment—a forced reckoning with a self one hoped was buried.
Etymology
From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) (whence -ate, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-).
verb
- To reproach or upbraid