reprehensible
rep-rih-HEN-suh-buladjMeaning deserving strong blame
Memory hook REPRIMAND-IBLE: deserves a REPRIMAND. Rex knocks over little Theo’s block tower on purpose, and Tia scolds him sharply. Such behavior is reprehensible.
Rex behaved reprehensibly when he knocked down a little kid’s block tower on purpose.
In context The coach called the players’ behavior reprehensible: they had mocked the losing team, thrown trash on the field and refused to shake hands.
Similar shameful, disgraceful, blameworthy, deplorable
Opposite praiseworthy, admirable, commendable
From Late Latin reprehensibilis, from reprehendere, “to hold back, rebuke.”