Friday, September 21, 2012

reprehensible

(adj.): deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure

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  1. Sentence: During the French Revolution, high-classmen were considered responsible and reprehensible for their abuse of power.

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    1. During the French Revolution, High-classmen were held responsible for peasant hardships and considered reprehensible for their actions.

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  2. Synonyms: amiss, culpable.
    Antonyms: creditable, respectable.

    creditable and respectable are antonyms because they both mean praiseworthy.

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  3. Sentence: Adolf Hitler was considered reprehensible and culpable for the Holocaust and genocide of Jewish people.

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  4. definition: morally wrong and deserving criticism
    synonym: deplorable

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  5. Antonym: praiseworthy
    Praiseworthy is an antonym because it means deserving of praise.

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  6. His reprehensible actions brought him a lot of trouble.

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  7. People of the country think that the president is reprehensible for their misfortune.

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  8. In life, people should be careful to not make any reprehensible actions.

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  9. Definition: shameful
    Antonym: respectable

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  10. Alternative Definition: deserving condemnation.

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  11. My sister was reprehensible for breaking my grandmother's favorite vase.

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  12. Synonym: condemnable
    This is a suitable synonym because Codemnable means to blame, which reprehensible also means.

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  13. Her reprehensible actions went unnoticed; this left her brother appalled.

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  14. Former president of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian was considered reprehensible for his corruption and money laundering.

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  15. The reprehensible movie "Innocence of Muslims" caused many anti-American protests in the Middle East.

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  16. Drunk driving is reprehensible because it's dangerous.

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  17. The new generation is producing a large amount of teenagers with reprehensible behaviors, breaking the laws and disobeying morals.

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  18. The child's reprehensible behavior was worthy of punishment

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  19. Example: Reprehensible behavior is not tolerated at our school

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