Reprehensible
[,reprɪ'hensɪb(ə)l] or [,rɛprɪ'hɛnsəbl]
Definition
(a.) Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
Typed by Ethan
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Blamable, culpable, censurable, reprovable, deserving censure, worthy of blame.
Edited by Clifford
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Blamable, blame, culpable, censurable, reproachable, reprovable, objectionable
ANT:Laudable, praiseworthy, irreproachach, it, irreprovable, unexceptionable,innocent, unobjectionable
Editor: Tracy
Examples
- This amiable, upright, perfect Jane Fairfax was apparently cherishing very reprehensible feelings. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If he did raise this question while an action was going on, that act alone was exceedingly reprehensible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lady Chettam thought that such conduct was very reprehensible, and remembered that Mrs. Truberry's mother was a Miss Walsingham of Melspring. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Most reprehensible, most reprehensible, exclaimed Professor Porter, with a faint trace of irritation in his voice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It would save us a great deal of the humiliation your reprehensible ignorance causes us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Jo leaned her chin on her knees in a disconsolate attitude and shook her fist at the reprehensible John. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Tracy