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Reprehensible Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ible

Reprehensible has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A reprehensible person; a villain.

Adjective
1

bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

"a criminal waste of talent"

"a deplorable act of violence"

"adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

2

Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.

Example Sentences
"a criminal waste of talent" adjective
"a deplorable act of violence" adjective
"adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" adjective
Related Terms

Origin

Reprehensible comes from the Late Latin word reprehensibilis, which is derived from the verb reprehendo. It originally combined the meaning of "to blame" or "check" with a suffix indicating capability, essentially meaning something that can be blamed.

Rhyming Words
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