REPREHEND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they reprehend ... he / she / it reprehends

Past simple: reprehended

Past participle: reprehended

-ing form: reprehending

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)