| 单词 | reprehensible |
| 释义 | reprehensible (once / 4456 pages) adj Reprehensible means deserving of blame or strong criticism. It is a strong word––your mother might forgive you for doing something bad, but something reprehensible? That's worse. Near synonyms are blameworthy and culpable. Antonyms are blameless and praiseworthy. The adjective reprehensible is from Middle English, from Latin reprehensus, from reprehendere plus the suffix -ibilis "deserving of, capable of." If someone is reprehended, they are blamed or strongly criticized. WORD FAMILYreprehensible: reprehensibility, reprehensibly, reprehensively+/reprehend: reprehended, reprehending, reprehends, reprehensible, reprehension/reprehension: reprehensions USAGE EXAMPLESA Trump spokesperson said the comments were “absolutely reprehensible, and they serve no place in our public discourse”. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Drexel on Sunday called his tweet "utterly reprehensible" and said it would meet with him to discuss it. Reuters(Dec 27, 2016) It involves providing a scenario for a person to deny knowledge of or responsibility for a reprehensible act. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) adj bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife Syn condemnable, criminal, deplorable, vicious wrong contrary to conscience or morality or law |
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