REPREHEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reprehend mean? 

• REPREHEND (verb)
  The verb REPREHEND has 1 sense:

1. express strong disapproval of

  Familiarity information: REPREHEND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPREHEND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reprehend    ... he / she / it reprehends   
Past simple: reprehended   
Past participle: reprehended   
-ing form: reprehending   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express strong disapproval of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "reprehend" is one way to...):

criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

reprehensible (bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure)

reprehension (an act or expression of criticism and censure)