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View synonyms for censurable

censurable

[ sen-sher-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. deserving censure or blame.


censurable

/ ˈsɛnʃərəbəl /

adjective

  1. deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
“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


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcensurably, adverb
  • ˈcensurableness, noun
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Other Words From

  • censur·a·ble·ness censur·a·bili·ty noun
  • censur·a·bly adverb
  • non·censur·a·ble adjective
  • non·censur·a·ble·ness noun
  • non·censur·a·bly adverb
  • un·censur·a·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of censurable1

First recorded in 1625–35; censure + -able
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Example Sentences

The most censurable part of the agreement was in the failure to exact the surrender of St. Elmo, which dominates the others.

The purpose was to deceive, and it was the more censurable for being so deliberately premeditated and so perseveringly practised.

If Hagar behaved with impertinence and vanity, Sarah manifested a very censurable degree of resentment.

O tell me in full what else Arjuna did, I do not see even the most trivial thing to Jishnu that is censurable.

The thing itself was commendable and excellent; but in the means employed there was much that was censurable.

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