reprehended

verb

past tense of reprehend
1
as in denounced
to declare to be morally wrong or evil that denomination reprehends murder in any form, contending that the taking of life is never justified

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2
as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of without exception, book reviewers reprehended the novel's tired plot

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  1. denounced
  2. criticized
  3. condemned
  4. blamed
  5. faulted
  6. knocked
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  • That threat from the hyperbolic president, denounced by legal scholars, has nonetheless gained credence in recent days, as federal prosecutors have issued their grand jury subpoenas to election officials.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Soon after stepping in, Bishop tried to subpoena personal information for thousands of Fulton County poll workers, a move the county and election experts denounced as politically motivated intimidation.
    — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of denounced
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  • In both television commercials and in campaign mailers sent to homes across the state, Fazio has criticized Lamont repeatedly for months on electricity.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The coach had criticized Brooklyn’s shot selection and turnovers before the game, saying the Nets’ decisions with the ball were feeding their problems on defense.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • Some people condemned the work for outing Foucault as a fellow AIDS sufferer.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
  • One story involves an innocent coal miner, condemned to death in 1877, who left a handprint in his cell at the Carbon County Jail that no amount of sanding or paint has been able to erase.
    — Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of condemned
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  • In his statement, Dan also blamed Russia for a spate of attacks in recent weeks on civilian maritime transport in the Black Sea, which has left at least three people dead and has raised fears of an escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine.
    — STEPHEN McGRATH, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In response, Citation once again blamed the pollution on old drilling practices, according to an email from one of the company’s engineers to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of blamed
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  • The judge also faulted Phillips and Chaib for not getting a new attorney months earlier, when the relationship began to deteriorate.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Many of his domestic critics have faulted him for prolonging the war in Gaza to appease his far-right allies, and for permitting ultra-Orthodox Jews to forgo military service to appease that sizable religious voter bloc.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of faulted
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  • The score came courtesy of center back Casemiro, who tapped the ball to Suarez on the left side of the box before the Uruguayan knocked it into the top right corner.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Pratt played three seasons at Elon and Northeastern before a foot injury knocked him out early last year.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
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“Reprehended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehended. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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