Standard Lemma guide

reprehensible

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌɹɛpɹəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l/
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH2 P R IH0 HH EH1 N S AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at fault, remiss, to blame, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, guilty, nocent, reprehensible

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Deserving of reprehension.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: damnable, deplorable, scornworthy, abject, filthy, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion, cheap, choical, contemptible, cringing, dedecorous, degraded, deridable, derisible, despicable, despisable, dirty, discreditable, disdainable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, execrable, groveling, hylic, hylical, ignoble, ignominious, inglorious, lame, laughable, loathsome, lousy, low, ludicrous, mean, mean-spirited, miserable, obscene, outrageous, paltry, pathetic, pissass, pitiable, pitiful, plebeian, punk, putrid, reprehensible, reprehensive, reptile, reptilian, reptitious, ridiculous, risible, roynish, scabbed, scald, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shameful, shit, sleazy, slavish, slimy, sordid, sorry, trashy, ugly, uncommendable, uncool, unmentionable, unwashed, unsophisticated, unworthy, vile, vulgar, weak, worthless, wretched

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A reprehensible person; a villain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a criminal waste of talent
  • a deplorable act of violence
  • adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: condemnable, criminal, deplorable, vicious

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from Latin reprehendo; equivalent to reprehend + -ible.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: odsouzeníhodný — blameworthy
  • Czech: hanebný — blameworthy
  • Dutch: afkeurenswaardig — blameworthy
  • Dutch: schuldig — blameworthy
  • Esperanto: kondamninda — blameworthy
  • Finnish: moitittava — blameworthy
  • Finnish: tuomittava — blameworthy
  • French: blâmable — blameworthy
  • French: coupable — blameworthy
  • German: verwerflich — blameworthy
  • Greek: αξιόμεμπτος (axiómemptos) — blameworthy
  • Greek: κατακριτέος (katakritéos) — blameworthy
  • Greek: αξιοκατάκριτος (axiokatákritos) — blameworthy
  • Icelandic: ámælisverður — blameworthy
  • Norwegian: klanderverdig — blameworthy
  • Polish: naganny — blameworthy
  • Portuguese: repreensível — blameworthy
  • Russian: предосуди́тельный (predosudítelʹnyj) — blameworthy
  • Spanish: reprehensible — blameworthy
  • Spanish: reprensible — blameworthy
  • Swedish: klandervärd — blameworthy
  • Swedish: förkastlig — blameworthy
  • Bulgarian: осъдителен (osǎditelen) — deserving of reprehension
  • Catalan: reprensible — deserving of reprehension
  • Czech: zavrženíhodný — deserving of reprehension
  • Czech: hanebný — deserving of reprehension
  • Dutch: verwerpelijk — deserving of reprehension
  • Dutch: afkeurenswaardig — deserving of reprehension
  • Esperanto: kondamninda — deserving of reprehension
  • French: répréhensible — deserving of reprehension
  • French: condamnable — deserving of reprehension
  • German: tadelnswert — deserving of reprehension
  • German: rügenswert — deserving of reprehension
  • German: kritikwürdig — deserving of reprehension
  • Greek: αξιόμεμπτος (axiómemptos) — deserving of reprehension
  • Greek: κατακριτέος (katakritéos) — deserving of reprehension
  • Hungarian: elítélendő — deserving of reprehension
  • Old English: tāllīċ — deserving of reprehension
  • Polish: naganny — deserving of reprehension
  • Polish: szpetny — deserving of reprehension
  • Portuguese: repreensível — deserving of reprehension
  • Spanish: reprehensible — deserving of reprehension
  • Spanish: reprensible — deserving of reprehension