Reprehensible meaning

rĕprĭ-hĕnsə-bəl
The definition of reprehensible is deserving of blame or scolding.

An example of reprehensible is cheating on an exam.

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Deserving rebuke or censure.
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Deserving to be reprehended.
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A reprehensible person; a villain.
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Origin of reprehensible

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin reprehēnsibilis from Latin reprehēnsus past participle of reprehendere to reprehend reprehend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • reprehend +"Ž -ible

    From Wiktionary

Reprehensible Sentence Examples

  • I mention these reprehensible actions to illustrate how language can divide us.

  • And Pierre, anxiously trying to remember whether he had done anything reprehensible, looked round with a blush.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say that the indiscriminate addition of alcohol and water, or of either to must or to wine, must be regarded as a reprehensible operation.

  • A number of TV critics deemed the show "morally reprehensible," and the ratings were no picnic either.

  • I find it very hard to believe that a nurse would behave in such a reprehensible manner.

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