Synonyms for reprehension
All synonyms
Noun
1. Blame — the act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand
blame, rebuke, censure, reprimand, reproof, condemnation, damnation, reproach, scolding, admonition, chastisement, stricture, admonishment, castigation, upbraiding, animadversion, reproval, dispraise, improbation, critique, disapproval, reprobation
Other
discommendation dated
Definitions
- n. 1
the act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand
Forms
- Plural
- reprehensions → rebukes, censures, reprimands, reproofs…
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Blame, censure, and disapproval may either be felt or uttered; comment, criticism, rebuke, reflection, reprehension, and reproof are always expressed.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- blame It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.
- rebuke He took it for an implied rebuke.
- reprimand The boss called Tatyana into his office to reprimand her.
- reproof It was then that my fathers reproof had come home to me.
By length
- 5 letters
- blame1
- 6 letters
- rebuke2
- 7 letters
- censure2, reproof
- 8 letters
- critique2, reproach2, scolding2, reproval
- 9 letters
- damnation3, reprimand3, stricture2, dispraise
- 10 letters
- admonition4, upbraiding
- 11 letters
- disapproval4, reprobation, castigation, improbation
- 12 letters
- condemnation4, chastisement, admonishment4
- 13 letters
- animadversion
- 15 letters
- discommendation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rebuke2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- répréhension