reprehensory

adjective

rep·​re·​hen·​so·​ry

-n(t)s(ə)rē

archaic

: reprehensive

no reason for making any reprehensory complaint

—Samuel Johnson

Word History

Etymology

from reprehension, after such pairs as English commendation : commendatory

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Rhymes for reprehensory

• extrasensory
• multisensory
• dispensary
• suspensory
• sensory
• somatosensory