1
as in guilty
deserving reproach or blame
a reprehensible tyrant, who oppressed his country for decades, has finally been brought to justice
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2
as in offensive
provoking or likely to provoke protest
your behavior towards the other team was truly reprehensible, so you're being suspended from the next three games
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Recent Examples of reprehensible
Candidates for the Summit Hill Elementary District 161 Board denounced a note featuring profanity and anti-Muslim sentiment as reprehensible rhetoric from a community member.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Leveraging the dead to score propaganda victories or perpetuate conflict is reprehensible.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Musk delivered an unmistakable, and reprehensible, fascist salute.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
But if there has been any harm caused to Oscar Jenkins, that is absolutely reprehensible.
—Eric Cheung, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Leveraging the dead to score propaganda victories or perpetuate conflict is reprehensible.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Musk delivered an unmistakable, and reprehensible, fascist salute.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
But if there has been any harm caused to Oscar Jenkins, that is absolutely reprehensible.
—Eric Cheung, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehensible
Adjective
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Crawford plead guilty to three counts of vehicular assault and was sentenced to 2.5 years of probation.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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The jury deliberated for two hours before finding McKnight guilty.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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That in itself is a valuable tool for a defenseman: being able to skate the puck into the neutral zone and then make a clean first pass to get the offensive process started.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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But in a ceaseless offensive onslaught in the opening two innings on Saturday, things seemed to suddenly, profoundly and perhaps permanently change.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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His Stoic Challenge framework invites you to see a setback not as something terrible, blameworthy or unfair but instead as a test of your ingenuity and resilience.—
Hanna Hart,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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And sometimes the soldiers can do things which are totally unacceptable and can be called crimes.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
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Tools that pose an unacceptable threat to rights or safety are banned outright.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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But in Friday’s season finale, Coop is able to not only acquit himself of murder and find the real culpable party, but is also given a chance to rejoin the professional ranks that had previously turned their backs on him.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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The Framers understood the danger of a despotic regime and regarded the criminal jury trial as a key procedural safeguard to help ensure that only those acts and individuals society deemed truly culpable result in criminal punishment.—
Mike Fox,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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There was an early attempt to disperse the crowd by blasting Barry Manilow songs at an obnoxious volume, which failed.—
Rachel Morris,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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Trump calls Bruce Springsteen 'obnoxious jerk' after singer voiced criticism at concert The moment ignited a back-and-forth between an icon of American rock and the president.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Castillo’s short novel is a giddy character study of an unpleasant young male type.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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To neutralize unpleasant smells, add a few pots of aromatic herbs, like rosemary and lavender.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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The girl’s 47-year-old stepmom is charged with child endangerment and reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle, Shelby County court records show.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2025
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Keep an open mind, as an erratic square between Mars and Uranus on June 15 could shake things up in unpredictable ways and result in some reckless behavior.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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“Reprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehensible. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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