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reprehensible - Dictionary definition and meaning for reprehensible

REPREHENSIBLE

(adj.) bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
"a criminal waste of talent", "a deplorable act of violence", "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
synonyms : condemnable , criminal , deplorable , vicious

Mnemonics for reprehensible

(Tag: English) It sounds like opposite of apprehensible and apprehensible sounds like derived from appreciate..so reprehensible is something which is not appreciated.
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(Tag: ) re+prehen(d)..means to grab....+s+ible..(sounds like able)...so think of A DACOIT who is able to GRAB ALL the property of poor people.. so he is blameworthy for this condition of people..he deserves blame for everything that these people are facing t
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(Tag: english) reprehend: you apprehend (catch) someone who s blameworthy and wanted.
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(Tag: English) Reprehensible ~ Sensible ; A sensible person takes care that his actions are not reprehensible
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