reprehend
/ˌɹɛpɹəˈhɛnd/verb
reprehend is a verb meaning “To criticize, to reprove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-P-R-E-H-E-N-D, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reprehend mean?
verb
- 1
To criticize, to reprove.
publicly reprehend
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reprehend?
- /ˌɹɛpɹəˈhɛnd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reprehend.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of reprehend
- reprehends present, singular, he/she/it
- reprehending participle, present
- reprehended participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reprehend?
Reprehend appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Reprehend in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to criticise:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | monieren |
| Spanish | reprehender, reprender |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does reprehend come from?
From Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehendō (“I hold, seize”). Compare French reprendre (“to reprove”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).