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Webster 1913 Edition


Reprehensible

Repˊre-hen′si-ble

(-h?n′s?-b’l)
,
Adj.
[L.
reprehensibilis
: cf. F.
répréhensible
.]
Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
Repˊre-hen′si-ble-ness
,
Noun.
Repˊre-hen′si-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reprehensible

REPREHEN'SIBLE

,
Adj.
[L. reprehensus.]
Blamable; culpable; censurable; deserving reproof; applied to persons or things; as a reprehensible person; reprehensible conduct.

Definition 2024


reprehensible

reprehensible

English

Adjective

reprehensible (comparative more reprehensible, superlative most reprehensible)

  1. Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
  2. Deserving of reprehension.
    • 1998, Greg Morrow and Dylan Verheul, The Sandman Annotations, Sandman 14
      Scarlett O’Hara was the heroine of the novel/movie Gone with the Wind and the reprehensible sequel Scarlett.

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Noun

reprehensible (plural reprehensibles)

  1. A reprehensible person; a villain.

Spanish

Adjective

reprehensible m, f (plural reprehensibles)

  1. reprehensible

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