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Webster 1913 Edition
Reprehensible
Repˊre-hen′si-ble
(-h?n′s?-b’l)
, Adj.
[L.
reprehensibilis
: cf. F. répréhensible
.] Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
– Repˊre-hen′si-ble-ness
, Noun.
Repˊre-hen′si-bly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reprehensible
REPREHEN'SIBLE
,Adj.
Blamable; culpable; censurable; deserving reproof; applied to persons or things; as a reprehensible person; reprehensible conduct.
Definition 2024
reprehensible
reprehensible
See also: répréhensible and repréhensible
English
Adjective
reprehensible (comparative more reprehensible, superlative most reprehensible)
- Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
- Deserving of reprehension.
- 1998, Greg Morrow and Dylan Verheul, The Sandman Annotations, Sandman 14
- Scarlett O’Hara was the heroine of the novel/movie Gone with the Wind and the reprehensible sequel Scarlett.
- 1998, Greg Morrow and Dylan Verheul, The Sandman Annotations, Sandman 14
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Synonyms
Translations
blameworthy
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deserving of reprehension
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Noun
reprehensible (plural reprehensibles)
- A reprehensible person; a villain.