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censurable
adjective
formaluk /ˈsen.ʃə.rə.bəl/ us /ˈsen.ʃɚ.ə.bəl/
deserving strong criticism or disapproval :
The trial judge found that the conduct of the respondent was indeed censurable.
I do not think her father’s behaviour was censurable.
He enjoys going out and socializing, which hardly seems censurable, given his years of solitude.
Plays are, in the abstract, neither better nor more censurable than any other type of composition.
They have brought a harmless and useful institution into discredit by their censurable conduct and absurd practices.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disapproving & criticizing
anathematize
animadversion
aspersion
aw
backbite
barrel
bash
belabour
boo
disapprobation
excoriate
knocker
let someone have both barrelsidiom
low blow
mordacious
mordancy
nitpicker
pile
slam
union-basher
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censure
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