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reprehensible
What does reprehensible mean?
reprehensible (adjective): bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use reprehensible in a sentence?
- Such behavior appears highly reprehensible. (Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR)
- It's reprehensible to exploit a person's gullibility. (Tatoeba sentence #10079344 by Nylez, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce reprehensible?
/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈhɛnsəbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does reprehensible come from?
Borrowed from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from Latin reprehendo; equivalent to reprehend + -ible.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “reprehensible” mean?
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
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including (almost) everything within its scope
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very opposed in nature or character or purpose
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obligatory; required or commanded by authority
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