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
• reprehensibly adverb
• reprehensibleness noun
• 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

But not before distinguishing herself as a notably reprehensible candidate.

From Los Angeles Times

“Such actions — violently detaining a child just outside a public school — are absolutely reprehensible and should have no place in our country,” Gonez said in a social media post.

From Los Angeles Times

Republican Senator Josh Hawley called the document "reprehensible and outrageous" and has asked to see the document alongside a list of products it relates to.

From BBC

"To think that they would have sold something that they knew was defective is quite reprehensible."

From BBC

Shadow armed forces minister Mark Francois told the BBC that any attempt to interfere with the engines of large aircraft was "totally reprehensible".

From BBC

Related Words

• culpable 
• disgraceful 
• objectionable 
• sinful