Vocabulary
Reprehensible
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
deserving censure or condemnation.
Urdu meaning
قابل مذمت، قصور وار
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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These reprehensible assaults are a reminder of how terrorists strive to project insecurity by attacking development projects in the country.
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Terrorism again
— 2026-04-25
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Raising a voice for missing people and campaigning against the reprehensible practice of enforced disappearances.
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A call to conscience
— 2026-04-10
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No consideration of international conventions stopped them and the broader fallout of this egregious crime is a new normal that many other states with similarly reprehensible tendencies may want to adopt.
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Khamenei`s killing
— 2026-03-02
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Amongst the most reprehensible such crimes was the 1999 burning alive of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Odisha.
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War on Christmas
— 2025-12-29
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Despite repeated Government warnings to agents responsible for this reprehensible trade ...
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Fifty years ago Illegal emigration
— 2025-10-20
Synonyms
deplorable, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, blameworthy, culpable
Antonyms
creditable, praiseworthy, good
Curator example
“his complacency and reprehensible laxity”
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