reprehensible
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonreprehensibility noun
- nonreprehensible adjective
- nonreprehensibleness noun
- nonreprehensibly adverb
- reprehensibility noun
- reprehensibleness noun
- reprehensibly adverb
- unreprehensible adjective
- unreprehensibleness noun
- unreprehensibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of reprehensible
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin reprehēnsibilis, equivalent to Latin reprehēns ( us ) (past participle of reprehendere to reprehend ) + -ibilis -ible
Example Sentences
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‘Regardless of whether or not the move is legal, it is certainly disgraceful, despicable, reprehensible, loathsome, outrageous and just plain truly pathetic,’ writes an L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
A spokesperson for Gemini Untwined, which funds specialist surgery for rare newborns joined by the head, said portraying conjoined twins as entertainment was "morally reprehensible".
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
And so policing conduct that they saw maybe 10 years ago, and would have found reprehensible then, could actually seem to be okay now with the bar so low.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026
"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting," they said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
Back then, yes, of course, I was a victim of a reprehensible system of government.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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