Reprehensible
adjective
Very bad and deserving strong criticism.
His cruel and reprehensible behavior shocked everyone.
Often appears as...
- reprehensible conduct
- reprehensible behavior
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Very bad and deserving strong criticism.
His cruel and reprehensible behavior shocked everyone.
Often appears as...
- reprehensible conduct
- reprehensible behavior
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Strong Criticism
Use when an action is so bad it needs to be publicly criticized and condemned.
The theft was particularly reprehensible considering the victims were elderly.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Offenses
Reserve for actions or behaviors that are ethically or morally very wrong.
Lying to cover up the scandal was reprehensible and caused more harm.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Trivial Use
Don't use for minor mistakes or petty misbehaviors; it's for grave, serious matters.
Cheating on an exam is reprehensible, not just a bad choice.
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Why I must speak out...
centuries there would be no stable shoreline the economic consequences are almost unthinkable hundreds of new orleans like devastations around the world what may be more reprehensible if climate denial continues is extermination of species the monarch
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See the Sparks That Set...
a crowd of people i'm not sure what ever was about the statue this is just about reprehensible racism that's all that it is this is just the beginning of heather's
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James Hansen: Why I must...
around the world. What may be more reprehensible, if climate denial continues, is extermination of species. The monarch butterfly
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Why I must speak out...
centuries there would be no stable shoreline the economic consequences are almost unthinkable hundreds of new orleans like devastations around the world what may be more reprehensible if climate denial continues is extermination of species the monarch
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See the Sparks That Set...
a crowd of people i'm not sure what ever was about the statue this is just about reprehensible racism that's all that it is this is just the beginning of heather's
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James Hansen: Why I must...
around the world. What may be more reprehensible, if climate denial continues, is extermination of species. The monarch butterfly
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Quote examples
Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Kathleen Wynne and her band of radical-left cronies think they have a handle on what constitutes human identity and also what should constitute human morality. And I think that that's being pushed in a manner in schools that's completely reprehensible. It's not education, in my estimation. It's a form of indoctrination.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.
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Chris Thile
American Musician
I'll often order a cortado and stand there quizzing the poor barista about the extraction time, how much pressure they are applying and how many grams are in it. I am that guy. It's reprehensible to the max, but it's how I go through my life.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
My mom and dad were divorced, and although they got along very well, my mom thought American television was reprehensible, so I was raised on the BBC. I kind of agreed with her. We watched American news, though.
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Dustin Hoffman
American Actor
For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible.
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Jez Butterworth
English Dramatist
If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a character. It's got to feel like people I know and it doesn't just become a bag of tricks.
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Cory Gardner
American Politician
Funding for women's healthcare must actually go to fund women's healthcare, not to line the coffers of an organization under increased scrutiny for reprehensible, inhumane behavior.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The Democrats can engage in the most reprehensible, mean-spirited, vile, vicious verbal attacks known in politics, and they get praised for it.
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Obiageli Ezekwesili
Nigerian Public Servant
How can the cost of education be the cost of life? It is unacceptable; it is reprehensible that we have allowed it to fester.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Kathleen Wynne and her band of radical-left cronies think they have a handle on what constitutes human identity and also what should constitute human morality. And I think that that's being pushed in a manner in schools that's completely reprehensible. It's not education, in my estimation. It's a form of indoctrination.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.
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Chris Thile
American Musician
I'll often order a cortado and stand there quizzing the poor barista about the extraction time, how much pressure they are applying and how many grams are in it. I am that guy. It's reprehensible to the max, but it's how I go through my life.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
My mom and dad were divorced, and although they got along very well, my mom thought American television was reprehensible, so I was raised on the BBC. I kind of agreed with her. We watched American news, though.
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Dustin Hoffman
American Actor
For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible.
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Jez Butterworth
English Dramatist
If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a character. It's got to feel like people I know and it doesn't just become a bag of tricks.
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Cory Gardner
American Politician
Funding for women's healthcare must actually go to fund women's healthcare, not to line the coffers of an organization under increased scrutiny for reprehensible, inhumane behavior.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The Democrats can engage in the most reprehensible, mean-spirited, vile, vicious verbal attacks known in politics, and they get praised for it.
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Obiageli Ezekwesili
Nigerian Public Servant
How can the cost of education be the cost of life? It is unacceptable; it is reprehensible that we have allowed it to fester.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
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