Pert vs Reproachful - What's the difference?
pert | reproachful | Related terms |
Attractive (of a person); well-formed, shapely (of a part of the body).
Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
* 1594 , William Shakespeare, , Act 1, Scene 1:
* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 333:
(obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden; apert.
Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.
Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.
Pert is a related term of reproachful.
As an acronym pert
is (operations) p'rogram '''e'''valuation and '''r'''eview ' t echnique]], a method for diagramming and [[analyze|analyzing the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.As an adjective reproachful is
expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.pert
English
Adjective
(er)- "Go Philostrate, Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth"
- "You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."
- (Piers Plowman)