If you say or do something in reproof, you say or do it to show that you disapprove of what someone has done or said. She raised her eyebrows in reproof. a reproof that she responded to right away
censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach