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Definition: Reprehensible |
ReprehensibleAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reprehensible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: ReprehensibleSynonyms: condemnable (adj), criminal (adj), deplorable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Blameworthy, reprehensible; (guilt); to blame, worthy of blame; answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of; bad; vicious. |
Guilt | Adjective: guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable; weighed in the balance and found wanting; exceptionable. |
Hate | Obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking; disgusting; (disagreeable); reprehensible. |
Inexpedience | Evil, wrong; depraved; shocking; reprehensible; (disapprove). hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded; damned, damnable; infernal; diabolic; (malevolent). |
Vice | Unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, contra bonos mores, indecorous, unseemly, improper; dissolute, profligate, scampish; unworthy; worthless; desertless; disgraceful, recreant; reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable; discreditable, disreputable; Sadistic. |
Incorrigible, irreclaimable, obdurate, reprobate, past praying for; culpable, reprehensible; (guilty). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Reprehensible |
| English words defined with "reprehensible": avarice, avaritia ♦ blackguard, bounder ♦ cad, catch out, condemnable, confess, covetousness, criminal, crying ♦ deplorable, despicable, dog ♦ egregious ♦ find out, flagrant ♦ glaring, greed, gross, guilty ♦ heel, hound ♦ Irreprehensible ♦ rank, rapacity, Rebukable, red-handed, reprehensibility ♦ shrive, squeal ♦ ugly, unworthy ♦ vile. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "reprehensible": GHOUL ♦ Medical Errors ♦ satire ♦ Violence. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this country satire never had more than a sickly and uncertain existence, for the soul of it is wit, wherein we are dolefully deficient, the humor that we mistake for it, like all humor, being tolerant and sympathetic. Moreover, although Americans are "endowed by their Creator" with abundant vice and folly, it is not generally known that these are reprehensible qualities, wherefore the satirist is popularly regarded as a soul-spirited knave, and his ever victim's outcry for codefendants evokes a national assent. Hail Satire! be thy praises ever sung In the dead language of a mummy's tongue, For thou thyself art dead, and damned as well -- Thy spirit (usefully employed) in Hell. Had it been such as consecrates the Bible Thou hadst not perished by the law of libel. Barney Stims |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Reprehensible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reprehensible" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 64 | 42,009 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
reprehensible | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reprehensible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i qortueshëm, i dënueshëm (blameworthy, chargeable, condemnable, damnatory, objectionable, penal, punishable, violable). (various references) | |
Arabic | مستحق اللوم (blameworthy), مستحق التوبيخ. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | укорен (blameworthy, objurgatory), осъдителен (blameworthy, condemnatory, exceptionable, naughty, objectionable). (various references) | |
Czech | trestuhodný (culpable), hodný pokárání. (various references) | |
Dutch | laakbaar (blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, objectionable). (various references) | |
Esperanto | riproĉinda. (various references) | |
Farsi | سزاوارسرزنش (Culpable), سرزنش کردنی . (various references) | |
Finnish | moitittava (blamable, blameworthy, open to blame). (various references) | |
French | répréhensible, blâmable. (various references) | |
German | tadelnswert (blameworthy, censurable). (various references) | |
Greek | κατακριτέοσ, καταδικαστέος, μεμπτός, αξιόμεμπτοσ (blameworthy, reproachable). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ראוי ל זיפ". (various references) | |
Hungarian | megrovást érdemlő, elítélendő. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tercela (blamable, deformed, despicable, disabled, disgraceful, shamefully bad), menjijikkan (abhor, abominable, abominate, detest, detestable, disgust, disgusting, displease, execrable, insulting, loathing, odious, repugnant, satiate, scandalize). (various references) | |
Italian | riprovevole (blameful, blameworthy, despicable), biasimevole (blameful, blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, objectionable). (various references) | |
Manx | oghsanagh (censorious, rebuker, rebuking, reproving). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eprehensibleray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | repreensível (exceptionable, faultfinding, objectionable), censurável (blameworthy, censurable, damnable, exceptionable, objectionable). (various references) | |
Romanian | vrednic de dispreţ (contemptible, despicable, pitiable, poor), condamnabil (blamable, blameful, blameworthy, chargeable, condemnable, culpable, damnable, damnably, damnatory, detestable, impeachable, imputable, indictable, wicked). (various references) | |
Russian | предосудительный (damnable). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prekorljiv. (various references) | |
Spanish | reprensible (objectionable). (various references) | |
Swedish | klandervärd (blameworthy, culpable, exceptionable). (various references) | |
Turkish | kınanması gereken, azarı hak eden (blamable). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вартий догани, непорядний (indecent, loose, non-conventional). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đáng quở trách (reproachable), đáng mắng, đáng khiển trách (blamable, blameworthy, censurable). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | reprehensibilis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reprehensible": reprehensibleness, reprehensiblenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Reprehensible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reprehehsible, reprehencible, reprehenisble, reprehensable, reprehensilbe, reprehesible, reprehnsible, reprenensible, reprihensible. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reprehensible" (pronounced re'pruhe"nsubul) |
| 11 | -p r u h e" n s u b u l | incomprehensible. |
| 8 | -h e" n s u b u l | comprehensible. |
| 7 | -e" n s u b u l | indefensible, indispensable, compensable, defensible, dispensable, ostensible, sensible. |
| 6 | -n s u b u l | invincible, irresponsible, responsible. |
| 5 | -s u b u l | inexplicable, accessible, addressable, admissible, collapsible, crucible, Embraceable, enforceable, erasable, fixable, flexible, forcible, immiscible, impassable, impermissible, impossible, inaccessible, inadmissible, incompressible, submersible, taxable, inflexible, irascible, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irreversible, leasable, miscible, nontaxable, noticeable, passable, peaceable, permissible, possible, reducible, replaceable, reversible, serviceable, traceable, unenforceable, untraceable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, adjustable, admirable, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, employable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, flammable, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immovable, immutable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, teachable, tenable, terrible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irresistible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontransferable, notable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, palatable, palpable, parable, patentable, payable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, retractable, returnable, reusable, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-e-h-i-l-n-p-r-r-s" | |
-2 letters: replenisher. | |
-3 letters: prehensile. | |
-4 letters: pelerines, replenish, reserpine, spleenier. | |
-5 letters: beelines, berlines, ensphere, errhines, insphere, peebeens, pelerine, pilsener, preeners, prerinse, repiners, repliers, ripeners, sheenier, sleepier, spherier. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-e-h-i-l-n-p-r-r-s" | |
+4 letters: reprehensibleness. | |
+5 letters: reprehensibilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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