reprehensible

[rep-ri-hen-suh-buhl]

adjective

1. deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.

   Synonyms: culpable
   Antonyms: praiseworthy

reprehensible

/ ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəbəl /

adjective

1. open to criticism or rebuke; blameworthy

Other Word Forms

• reprehensibility noun
• reprehensibleness noun
• reprehensibly adverb
• nonreprehensibility noun
• nonreprehensible adjective
• nonreprehensibleness noun
• nonreprehensibly adverb
• unreprehensible adjective
• unreprehensibleness noun
• unreprehensibly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of reprehensible¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin reprehēnsibilis, equivalent to Latin reprehēns ( us ) (past participle of reprehendere to reprehend ) + -ibilis -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of reprehensible¹

C14: from Late Latin reprehensibilis , from Latin reprehendere to hold back, reprove; see _reprehend

Example Sentences

The White House said in a statement that it "looks forward to President Petro publicly retracting his baseless and reprehensible statement".

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Camille Labchuk, executive director of Canadian animal rights group Animal Justice, said Marineland had "a moral obligation to fund the future care of these animal", adding that threats to euthanise the animals were "reprehensible".

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"There is no place for such reprehensible acts in our society," the PM said.

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The behaviours of some of the Met officers and staff featured in the show are reprehensible and completely unacceptable.

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The head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has apologised for the "reprehensible and completely unacceptable" behaviour of some officers at Charing Cross police station, exposed in a BBC Panorama documentary.

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Related Words

• culpable 
• disgraceful 
• objectionable 
• sinful