Question

reprehensible Whether or not he ever broke the law, his treatment of his first wife was thoroughly reprehensible. ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəbəl

Accepted Answer

Deserving stern criticism or blame. From its prefix re-, meaning “back,” reprehend would mean literally “to hold back, restrain”; but even the Latin version of the verb had come to mean “to scold, blame”—in other words, to restrain bad behavior by expressing disapproval. Reprehensible is applied to both things and people—that is, both the sin and the sinner. So a senator might be scolded for reprehensible conduct, but might also be called a thoroughly reprehensible person. And most of us would call dogfighting morally reprehensible, and would use the same word to describe those who put the dogs up to it

word	reprehensible
definition	Deserving stern criticism or blame.
eg_sentence	Whether or not he ever broke the law, his treatment of his first wife was thoroughly reprehensible.
explanation	From its prefix re-, meaning “back,” reprehend would mean literally “to hold back, restrain”; but even the Latin version of the verb had come to mean “to scold, blame”—in other words, to restrain bad behavior by expressing disapproval. Reprehensible is applied to both things and people—that is, both the sin and the sinner. So a senator might be scolded for reprehensible conduct, but might also be called a thoroughly reprehensible person. And most of us would call dogfighting morally reprehensible, and would use the same word to describe those who put the dogs up to it
IPA	ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəbəl

Reprehensible Deserving Stern Criticism Blame Broke Law Treatment