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Compare French répréhensif.

adjective more reprehensive · most reprehensive

Containing reprehension or reproof. Christ's reply ; in which , by a reprehensive shortness , he both clears the man's innocence , and vindicates God's proceedings , and so states them both upon a right foundation
Similar: disapprobatory, disapproving, reprehensory, censorious, condemnatory, condemning, damnatory, improbatory, reprehensive
Reprehensible. Well, there would not be anything particularly reprehensive in a plaintiff wanting to go to a forum where the verdict would be larger.
Similar: damnable, deplorable, scornworthy, abject, filthy, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion, cheap, choical, contemptible

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@misc{reprehensive_2026,
  title = {reprehensive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reprehensive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}