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Meaning of reprehensive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Containing reprehension or reproof.
  2. Reprehensible.

Examples

“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”
“He stops at Winna's reprehensive stare.”
“By the last two periods of the corpus, indeed, craindre deveolps a reprehensive interpretation, arising with certain specific contextual factors to yield a flavor of reproach (or apology).”
“Well, there would not be anything particularly reprehensive in a plaintiff wanting to go to a forum where the verdict would be larger.”
“But today in South Africa, a Black Christ is politically offensive; today in England a Black God is theatrically reprehensive; today in the United States, the only white-approved dark deity is Marc Connelly's De Lawd.”
“She added, 'Räsänen claims homosexuality is a negative and reprehensive personal attribute and identity, and that all homosexuals are inferior as human beings.'”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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