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reprehensible - 3 dictionary results

rep⋅re⋅hen⋅si⋅ble

  [rep-ri-hen-suh-buhl]
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–adjective
deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL reprehēnsibilis, equiv. to L reprehēns(us) (ptp. of reprehendere to reprehend ) + -ibilis -ible

Related forms:
rep⋅re⋅hen⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, rep⋅re⋅hen⋅si⋅ble⋅ness, noun
rep⋅re⋅hen⋅si⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
culpable.

Antonyms:
praiseworthy.
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rep·re·hen·si·ble   (rěp'rĭ-hěn'sə-bəl)   
adj.  Deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy. See Synonyms at blameworthy.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin reprehēnsibilis, from Latin reprehēnsus, past participle of reprehendere, to reprehend; see reprehend.]
rep're·hen'si·bil'i·ty, rep're·hen'si·ble·ness n., rep're·hen'si·bly adv.
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Reprehensible

Rep`re*hen"si*ble\ (-h?n"s?-b'l), a. [L. reprehensibilis: cf. F. r['e]pr['e]hensible.] Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable. -- Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. -- Rep`re*hen"si*bly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : reprehensible
Spanish: reprensible, censurable,
German: tadelnswert,
Japanese: 非難さるべき
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