verb
- criticizing or expressing disapproval of someone or something
Usage: formal
Examples
- The teacher was reprehending the students for their poor behavior.
- She found herself reprehending his careless attitude toward work.
- The editorial was reprehending the government’s new policy.
- He spent the meeting reprehending his staff for missing deadlines.
- The judge was reprehending the defendant for showing no remorse.
- Parents should avoid constantly reprehending their children in public.