reprehensible

English

Etymology

reprehend +‎ -ible

Adjective

reprehensible (comparative more reprehensible, superlative most reprehensible)

1. Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
2. 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.

Related terms

• reprehensibility
• reprehend
• irreprehensible
• reprehension

Synonyms

• at fault, deplorable, remiss

Translations

blameworthy

Dutch: afkeurenswaardig (nl), schuldig (nl) Finnish: moitittava (fi), tuomittava (fi) German: verwerflich (de)

Icelandic: ámælisverður (is) Norwegian: klanderverdig (no) Spanish: reprehensible (es)

deserving of reprehension

Dutch: verwerpelijk (nl), afkeurenswaardig (nl)

Spanish: reprehensible (es)

Noun

reprehensible (plural reprehensibles)

1. A reprehensible person; a villain.

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Spanish

Adjective

reprehensible m. and f. (plural reprehensibles)

1. reprehensible

Synonyms

• reprensible

Related terms

• reprehender
• reprehensión