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Definition of Reprehensible
1. Adjective. Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. "Adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
Similar to: Wrong
Derivative terms: Reprehend, Reprehensibility
Definition of Reprehensible
1. a. Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
Definition of Reprehensible
1. Adjective. Blameworthy, censurable, guilty. ¹
2. Adjective. Deserving of reprehension. ¹
3. Noun. A reprehensible person; a villain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reprehensible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprehensible
Literary usage of Reprehensible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... of Usurpation or Anarchy— Burr's reprehensible Conduct during the Struggle in
the House—His probable resort to all safe Means to procure an Election. ..."
2. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"The reason of my giving you the trouble of this, is the late extraordinary and
reprehensible conduct of some of the Connecticut troops. ..."
3. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"VIII Cataclysmic adventures—On the trail of dazzling fortunes —"Lovely, but
reprehensible ... reprehensible ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1817)
"It has been tne reprehensible practice to throw over it, at Coronations, without
the least care or consideration, a temporary floor, to render the Chapel a ..."
5. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"Tie Frontier to Be Protected—The Heavy Cannon at Ticonderoga— Warner's Conduct
reprehensible. Poughkeepsie 6th Apl. 1778. Sir, I am to acknowledge the ..."
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