REPREHENSIBLE Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

reprehensible

adjective

ˌre-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl

Definition of reprehensible

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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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 Prisons are filled with the faithful and the daily news reports are overflowing with reprehensible, criminal, degenerate theists. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026 Releasing an old video, which conveniently omits context, on their son’s birthday is a reprehensible attempt to distract from his own behavior. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 In the way that Kleenex has become interchangeable with tissue, McCarthyism, for many, is an eponym for the unjust, reprehensible use of political power. — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026 Sins of Kujo, adapted from Shohei Manabe’s manga, casts Yuya Yagira as a morally ambiguous lawyer who defends society’s most reprehensible figures, a dark, adult-skewing legal drama. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reprehensible

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehensible

Adjective

Nearly three years after Ebony Duncan vanished after leaving work in Independence, a Jackson County jury has found her former boyfriend guilty of second-degree murder.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Matar has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that include engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of guilty

Adjective

Quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends and offensive linemen have already been announced.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Campbell also got engaged this offseason and did his normal training in Dallas with Chargers offensive tackle Rashawn Slater and Jets offensive tackle Armand Membou.

— Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026

Definition of offensive

Adjective

Extreme cold made the O-rings fail, but NASA’s culture was just as blameworthy and needed a retrofit more urgently than any piece of shuttle hardware.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2026
As the shutdown goes on, moreover, the polling on which side is more to blame seems to be gradually shifting toward Democrats as the more blameworthy side.

— Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025

Definition of blameworthy

Adjective

The episode has added to a growing chorus of concern among AI safety advocates, who argue that agents capable of independently identifying and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities across multiple companies’ infrastructure present an unacceptable risk.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Conditional approval remains a possibility for firms demonstrating no unacceptable risks.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of unacceptable

Adjective

This fiasco might seem to vindicate the establishment that Platner railed against, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who wanted to stop Platner, is also partly culpable here.

— Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Yes, every life includes some unique and untold combination of experiences for which other people are morally culpable.

— Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026

Definition of culpable

Adjective

Lonnie is loud, obnoxious, and vulgar in ways that rankle traditional golfers.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
And, for all the theater of the hearing and Wyper’s expressions of sympathy with aldermen, the Stonepeak executive didn’t offer any meaningful concessions to make this obnoxious meter deal more palatable for Chicagoans.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

Definition of obnoxious

Adjective

The Los Angeles man was charged with one count of misdemeanor firing timber or prairie lands, which is punishable by up to 6 months in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
This is a class C misdemeanor — punishable by up to 15 days in jail and fines up to $750 — class B if there’s immediate threat of an accident, and class A if an accident occurs as a result.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026

Definition of punishable

Adjective

Combined with massaging seats, powerful climate control and extensive sound insulation, the technology turns an unpleasant commute into something approaching a sensory deprivation chamber.

— Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Chief on consumers' minds is cyclosporiasis, an unpleasant intestinal illness caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, which has recently dominated headlines amid a tidal wave of cases.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 July 2026