reprehending

verb

present participle of reprehend
1
as in denouncing
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 criticizing
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehending
  1. denouncing
  2. criticizing
  3. condemning
  4. blaming
  5. attacking
  6. knocking
  7. faulting
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  • Meanwhile, Kyrie Irving, Stephen Curry and other NBA stars largely avoided criticizing China during the controversy, despite frequently denouncing the state of America.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • His town halls have a distinctly populist pitch to voters denouncing money in politics.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of denouncing
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  • Pentecostal parents Ruth and Marius were accused of domestic violence, with worldwide protests criticizing what dissenters called harsh and hasty steps taken by Norwegian social workers without proper evidence.
    — Tomris Laffly, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Cofer is criticizing Guerra’s absence from the vote and is asking him to publicly state his position on the partnership.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticizing
Verb
  • López’s murder sparked global outcry, with Pope Francis, the United Nations and the human rights arm of the Organization of American States condemning the incident and calling for an independent investigation.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Acton spent Tuesday condemning Ramaswamy for the ad even before his campaign confirmed its provenance.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of condemning
Verb
  • The contractor has sued the city, blaming the airport for the delays.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Acaster refused to take part, blaming his abstention on being wedged between Sheen and Croft — two of the more observant players.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of blaming
Verb
  • In July, Brown pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court for attacking a music producer with a tequila bottle on the head.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The approval of Revolution Medicines’ pancreatic cancer drug Rasonque earlier this year showed that a medicine capable of attacking mutations in a group of genes called RAS could prolong survival for patients with the particularly aggressive cancer.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacking
Verb
  • Austin has spent her evenings the last few weeks knocking on voters’ doors, arguing for the cause.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In June, before the summer rains return, people gather saguaro fruit, knocking it from towering cacti with a kuipad, a long pole made of saguaro ribs, then dry the protein-rich seeds and make jam from the fruit.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocking
Verb
  • The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, in a memo to school board members, presented a counter interpretation and said the state team exaggerated the crisis and was implicitly faulting justified wage increases.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • These features are interpreted as evidence of faulting along the caldera rim as the floor subsided.
    — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of faulting
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“Reprehending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehending. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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