'Reprehend' definitions:
Definition of 'reprehend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Express strong disapproval of
Definition of 'Reprehend'
From: GCIDE
- Reprehend \Rep`re*hend"\ (r?p`r?-h?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprehending.] [L. reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame; pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See Prehensile, and cf. Reprisal. ] To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Pardon me for reprehending thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reprehend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accuse,
- admonish,
- anathematize,
- anathemize,
- animadvert on,
- arraign,
- berate,
- blame,
- bring to book,
- call to account,
- cast blame upon,
- cast reflection upon,
- censure,
- chastise,
- chide,
- complain against,
- condemn,
- correct,
- cry down,
- cry out against,
- cry out on,
- cry shame upon,
- damn,
- decry,
- denounce,
- denunciate,
- fulminate against,
- have words with,
- impeach,
- impugn,
- indict,
- inveigh against,
- knock,
- lecture,
- objurgate,
- rap,
- rate,
- rebuke,
- reflect upon,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- reprobate,
- reprove,
- scold,
- set down,
- set straight,
- shake up,
- skin,
- spank,
- straighten out,
- take down,
- take to task,
- upbraid