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[ rep-ri-hen-suh-buhl ] / ˌrɛp rɪˈhɛn sə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR reprehensible ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedeserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. Origin of reprehensible1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin reprehēnsibilis, equivalent to Latin reprehēns(us) (past participle of reprehendere to reprehend) + -ibilis-ible SYNONYMS FOR reprehensibleculpable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR reprehensible ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR reprehensiblepraiseworthy. SEE ANTONYMS FOR reprehensible ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM reprehensiblerep·re·hen·si·bil·i·ty, rep·re·hen·si·ble·ness, nounrep·re·hen·si·bly, adverbnon·rep·re·hen·si·bil·i·ty, nounnon·rep·re·hen·si·ble, adjective non·rep·re·hen·si·ble·ness, nounnon·rep·re·hen·si·bly, adverbun·rep·re·hen·si·ble, adjectiveun·rep·re·hen·si·ble·ness, nounun·rep·re·hen·si·bly, adverb Words nearby reprehensiblerepoussoir, repp, Repplier, repr., reprehend, reprehensible, reprehension, represent, representation, representational, representationalism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reprehensibleWhat an alternately messed up, irresistibly catchy, reprehensible, utterly charming holiday classic. The Most WTF Covers of ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside,’ Everyone’s Favorite Date-Rape Holiday Classic|Kevin Fallon|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The latest documents make the four days of closings seem all the more reckless and reprehensible. In New Documents, the Bridgegate Cover Story Unravels|Michael Daly|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST But he described the “very personal insults” directed at the two air hostesses and pilot “as nothing short of reprehensible.” Designer’s Niece In Yuppie Air Rage|Tom Sykes|January 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then again, some of them doubtless think it reprehensible that he speak at a memorial service for an old "communist". Raúl Castro Honors Mandela, but Ignores His Message|Alex Massie|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She uncovers a reprehensible example of cronyism, elitism, and vote finagling which reflects some Israeli Leftist shortcomings. Open Zion Should Not Mean Open Season on Israel|Gil Troy|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Yes; but no doubt our conduct was reprehensible, and did not deserve the favour of Heaven. The Secret of Charlotte Bront|Frederika Macdonald An English friend called my attention to this lapse, and cut out the reprehensible paragraph for me. A Tramp Abroad, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) That you girls fled away to this spot for your reprehensible act adds to the offence. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall|Annie Roe Carr He was merely a reprehensible, cynical, laisser aller philosopher. The Life Of Sir John Falstaff|Robert B. Brough This article is very often subjected to one of the most reprehensible modes of adulteration ever devised. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons|Fredrick Accum
British Dictionary definitions for reprehensible
adjectiveopen to criticism or rebuke; blameworthy Derived forms of reprehensiblereprehensibility or reprehensibleness, nounreprehensibly, adverbWord Origin for reprehensibleC14: from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from Latin reprehendere to hold back, reprove; see reprehend Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to reprehensibleobjectionable, sinful, culpable, disgraceful, amiss, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, delinquent, errant, erring, guilty, ignoble, opprobrious, remiss, unholy, unworthy, wicked, condemnable, discreditable |