reprehensible

[ rep-ri-hen-suh-buhl ]

/ ˌrɛp rɪˈhɛn sə bəl /

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adjective

deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.

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Origin of reprehensible

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

SYNONYMS FOR reprehensible

culpable.

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ANTONYMS FOR reprehensible

praiseworthy.

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Related forms

rep·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

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Examples from the Web for reprehensible

What an alternately messed up, irresistibly catchy, reprehensible, utterly charming holiday classic.
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The latest documents make the four days of closings seem all the more reckless and reprehensible.
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But he described the “very personal insults” directed at the two air hostesses and pilot “as nothing short of reprehensible.”
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Then again, some of them doubtless think it reprehensible that he speak at a memorial service for an old "communist".
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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

reprehensible

/ (ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəbəl) /

adjective

open to criticism or rebuke; blameworthy

Derived Formsreprehensibility or reprehensibleness, nounreprehensibly, adverb

Word Origin for reprehensible

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

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Word Origin and History for reprehensible

reprehensible

adj.

late 14c., from Old French reprehensible (14c.) or directly from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from reprehens-, past participle stem of Latin reprehendere (see reprehend). Related: Reprehensibly; reprehensibility.