reprehensible
adjective/ˌreprɪˈhensəbl/
/ˌreprɪˈhensəbl/
(formal)- morally wrong and deserving criticism synonym deplorable
- His conduct was thoroughly reprehensible.
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin reprehensibilis, from reprehens- ‘rebuked’, from the verb reprehendere ‘seize, check, rebuke’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + prehendere ‘seize’.Definitions on the go
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