reprehensive
reprehensive adjective: containing reprehension or reproof.
Adjective
reprehensive (comparative more reprehensive, superlative most reprehensive)
- Containing reprehension or reproof.
- Christ's reply ; in which , by a reprehensive shortness , he both clears the man's innocence , and vindicates God's proceedings , and so states them both upon a right foundationa. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “(please specify the sermon number)”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume (please specify |volume=VII to XI)...
- He stops at Winna's reprehensive stare.2012, Paul Caetano, The Enigma of the Sphinx, page 33
- Synonyms:
- disapprobatory, disapproving, reprehensory, censorious, condemnatory, condemning, damnatory, improbatory
- Reprehensible.
- Well, there would not be anything particularly reprehensive in a plaintiff wanting to go to a forum where the verdict would be larger.1948, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Limitation of Venue in Certain Actions Brought Under the Employers' Liability Act, page 199
- But today in South Africa, a Black Christ is politically offensive; today in England a Black God is theatrically reprehensive; today in the United States, the only white-approved dark deity is Marc Connelly's De Lawd.1963 January, “The Color of God”, in Ebony, volume 18, number 3, page 82
- Synonyms:
- damnable, deplorable, scornworthy, abject, filthy, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion, cheap
Examples of reprehensive in a sentence
- By the last two periods of the corpus, indeed, craindre deveolps a reprehensive interpretation, arising with certain specific contextual factors to yield a flavor of reproach (or apology).2021, Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2018, page 300:
- She added, 'Räsänen claims homosexuality is a negative and reprehensive personal attribute and identity, and that all homosexuals are inferior as human beings.'2024, Arie de Pater and Ville Hoikkala, “Free Speech under Threat in Finland and Beyond?”, in Evangelical Review of Theology, volume 48...
Synonyms of reprehensive
- disapprobatory
- disapproving
- reprehensory
- censorious
- condemnatory
- condemning
- damnatory
- improbatory
- damnable
- deplorable
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Forms of reprehensive
| comparative | more reprehensive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most reprehensive |
Origin of reprehensive
Compare French répréhensif.
Questions about reprehensive
- What does reprehensive mean?
- Reprehensive means containing reprehension or reproof.
- How do you use reprehensive in a sentence?
- By the last two periods of the corpus, indeed, craindre deveolps a reprehensive interpretation, arising with certain specific contextual factors to yield a flavor of reproach (or apology).
- What part of speech is reprehensive?
- Reprehensive is an adjective.
Words near reprehensive in the dictionary
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