REPREHENSIBLY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

reprehensibly

adverb

Definition of reprehensibly

as in inappropriately

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Recent Examples of reprehensibly It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history. — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026 Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehensibly

Adverb

The app also sends follow-up surveys to make sure someone had a good experience and allows organizers to flag attendees who behave inappropriately.

— Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
During the fishing trip, Caruso took the child fishing alone at a pond and touched him inappropriately, according to the report.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of inappropriately

Adverb

As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.

— Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.

— Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026

Definition of intolerably

Adverb

Caleb Crawford was incarcerated in 2016 after indecently touching his cousin, a 12-year-old girl at the time.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
Like in a bombing, a tsunami or earthquake also makes the private suddenly, almost indecently, public.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Definition of indecently

Adverb

Her room, which had seemed so romantic, became unbearably hot each evening.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Though at times almost unbearably bleak, the narrative is propulsive and delivers a fascinating psychological portrait of female friendship, community, and humanity.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of unbearably

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Another young woman shares footage of her experience getting lip filler that ended up going horribly wrong.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
The Social Democrats, led by Kurt Schumacher, a prickly figure who had suffered horribly for resisting the Nazis, were mistrustful of the United States and hoped to reunify Germany as a neutral state at the center of Europe.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026