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Synonyms for reprehend

  • verb

Most common

blame rebuke chide reprove pan condemn denounce upbraid

All synonyms

Verb

blame, rebuke, censure, reproach, chide, reprove, upbraid, pan, condemn, criticize UK US, criticise UK, denounce, reprimand, scold, chastise, admonish, reprobate, carp, tick off, twit, decry, vilify, berate, castigate, lambast UK, lamblast US, vituperate formal, dispraise, denunciate, objurgate

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To criticize, to reprove.

    Critics reprehended the company for its unethical practices.

Forms

Past participle
reprehended
e.g. reprehended → blamed, rebuked, censured, reproached…

Example sentences

  • blame It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.
  • rebuke He took it for an implied rebuke.
  • pan Use the juice in the frying pan to make the sauce.
  • condemn Would you condemn your friend for the same thing?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
reprehendsteady
blamerising
rebukerising
chiderising
reproverising
panrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
pan1
4 letters
carp1, twit
5 letters
blame1, scold1, decry2, chide1
6 letters
rebuke2, vilify3, berate2
7 letters
condemn2, censure2, reprove, lambast, upbraid2
8 letters
denounce2, reproach2, chastise2, admonish3, lamblast
9 letters
criticize3, criticise, reprimand3, reprobate3, castigate3, dispraise, objurgate
10 letters
vituperate, denunciate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decry2 = 2 syllables).