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Laudable vs Reprehensible - What's the difference?

laudable | reprehensible |

As adjectives the difference between laudable and reprehensible

is that laudable is worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition while reprehensible is reprehensible.

laudable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
  • Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus.

    • Synonyms

    * praiseworthy, commendable

    References

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    reprehensible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
  • Deserving of reprehension.
  • * 1998 , Greg Morrow and Dylan Verheul, '' The Sandman Annotations, Sandman 14
    • Scarlett O’Hara was the heroine of the novel/movie Gone with the Wind'' and the reprehensible sequel ''Scarlett .

    Related terms

    * reprehensibility * reprehend * irreprehensible * reprehension

    Synonyms

    * at fault, deplorable, remiss

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reprehensible person; a villain.
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