"reproving" in the verb sense
1. admonish, reprove, reproof
take to task
"He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
"reproving" in the adjective sense
1. admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving
expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
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