- reprehensory
- \\-n(t)s(ə)rē\ adjective
Etymology: from reprehension, after such pairs as English commendation : commendatory
no reason for making any reprehensory complaint — Samuel Johnson
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
no reason for making any reprehensory complaint — Samuel Johnson
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Reprehensory — Rep re*hen so*ry ( s? r?), a. Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint. Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reprehensory — rep·re·hen·so·ry … English syllables
Culpatory — Cul pa*to*ry ( t? r?), a. Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating. [1913 Webster] Adjectives . . . commonly used by Latian authors in a culpatory sense. Walpole. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
objurgatory — a. Culpatory, reprehensory, reproving, rebuking … New dictionary of synonyms