Synonyms for reprehensible
- adjective
Most common
shameful disgraceful deplorable blameworthy guilty culpable fucked-up lax
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Deplorable — deserving of reprehension
deplorable, despicable, disgraceful, shameful, blameworthy, vile, wrong, contemptible, outrageous, loathsome, condemnable, criminal, scandalous, dishonorable US, dishonourable UK, objectionable, execrable, bad, disreputable, obnoxious, unworthy, vicious, nefarious
2. Culpable — blameworthy, censurable, guilty
culpable, guilty, to blame, remiss, blamable US, blameable UK, censurable
Other
fucked-up, lax, lash, reproachable, reprovable, screwed up vulgar
Definitions
- adj. 1
Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
- adj. 2
Deserving of reprehension.
Related words
- Word family
- reprehensibly reprehend reprehensive reprehension
Example sentences
- shameful The love that I suffer from is a shameful disease.
- disgraceful They abandoned us in the most disgraceful manner.
- deplorable The roads of this city are in deplorable condition.
- guilty If it is true, it follows that Nakagawa is guilty.
- culpable Tom was arrested and charged with culpable driving.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reprehensible | steady | |
| shameful | rising | |
| disgraceful | steady | |
| deplorable | falling | |
| blameworthy | rising | |
| guilty | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, lax1
- 4 letters
- vile1, lash1
- 5 letters
- wrong1
- 6 letters
- guilty2, remiss2
- 7 letters
- vicious2
- 8 letters
- criminal3, shameful2, unworthy3, culpable3, blamable
- 9 letters
- obnoxious3, nefarious4, loathsome2, execrable4, blameable
- 10 letters
- outrageous3, despicable4, scandalous3, deplorable4, censurable, reprovable
- 11 letters
- disgraceful3, blameworthy, condemnable
- 12 letters
- dishonorable5, contemptible4, disreputable5, reproachable
- 13 letters
- objectionable5, dishonourable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (guilty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- répréhensible
- Deutsch
- verwerflich