reprehensible
50
7.9
- adjective
- /ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəbl/
- Formal
:
reprensible
- The company's decision to ignore safety regulations was truly reprehensible and put many employees at risk.
- morally reprehensible
- a reprehensible act
- find reprehensible
And I'm a big defender of those people and think it's reprehensible the way they've been treated.
- And I'm a big defender of those people and think it's reprehensible the way they've been treated.
- They're equally morally reprehensible in some ways, maybe.
- But you take a moment, you recognize that this person's behavior is reprehensible, that you're angry.
- Presidents have their reputation smeared in reprehensible ways.
- Is this something that business does that is, in fact morally reprehensible?
- I would have thought that he would have found Trump's morals to be reprehensible.
- If a person holds totally different beliefs than you, even beliefs that you find reprehensible, that's not gaslighting.
- And in now deleted tweets, JD Vance called Trump reprehensible.
- There's no glory, There's no moral advantage to being a victim in the war because the victims are just as reprehensible as the victors.
- It's not just that the morally reprehensible and actual criminals have been pardoned.
- It's less about sort of dwelling in the past than some of the negative, unfortunate, regretful, reprehensible history of the Red Sox.
- It's that disgusting and reprehensible that my views have ungained me and I don't have a minority card.
Examples
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Situation of our families is such that any alliance between us must be regarded as a highly reprehensible connection.
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The reprehensible ones taint the dignity of the others.
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But but look, you can do a lot of great things and still do some pretty reprehensible things as well.
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To speak as you do, it's reprehensible.
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Where do they stand on this, the most reprehensible aspect of the case?
Academic text (2002) -
But I think it's reprehensible what Republicans are doing in terms of voting around the country.
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Their victory is simply to further demonstrate just how reprehensible their behavior has been.
Blog text (2) -
To be certain, there is much that is reprehensible in Saddam's conduct.
Academic text (1991) -
We're gonna find all of these dogs loving forever homes because what you're doing is reprehensible.
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We know that discrimination is both illegal and morally reprehensible, but what are our specific ethical obligations in this regard?
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
95
5.7
Very bad in a way that makes people feel strong dislike and disgust
90
3.7
Very wrong and deserving strong blame
89
4.7
Causing shame because it is morally wrong
71
4.9
Morally wrong or deserving strong criticism
46
3.0
Very bad or shocking behaviour that makes people lose respect
45
5.2
So bad that people will not accept it
42
7.8
Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
38
6.8
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
35
5.6
Too bad to be forgiven
26
7.5
Deserving blame for doing something wrong
23
6.0
Not honest or fair and causing shame
21
7.2
Morally wrong because it goes against religious rules
20
5.4
Deserves strong blame or dislike
15
7.4
Very bad and makes people feel angry or disgusted
15
7.1
Very bad in a moral way and deserving strong blame
10
8.5
Something that people strongly blame or hate for being very bad
9
7.1
Not trusted or respected because of bad behavior
4
9.5
Very bad and unpleasant, causing strong dislike
3
7.6
An action so bad that people cannot forgive it
1
6.5
Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful
1
7.5
Deserving strong criticism for being wrong
1
7.6
Likely to harm someone's reputation by showing shameful behaviour
1
7.9
Deserving criticism because someone did something wrong
Deserving criticism for doing something wrong or causing harm
People think it caused harm or did something wrong
Deserving blame or formal criticism
Deserving blame for doing something wrong
Something people can fairly say is wrong or bad
Antonyms
How Blameworthy
- Offensive
95
5.7
- Formal
50
7.9
1
6.5
176
3.9
18
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reprehensible comes from the Latin reprehendere, where re- means 'back' and prehend means 'to take', the same root you see in comprehend and apprehend. The original idea was to 'hold someone for a fault', so something reprehensible is 'deserving strong criticism' or blame.