illaudable

adjective

Definition of illaudablenext
as in reprehensible

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illaudable
  1. reprehensible
  2. worthless
  3. unworthy
  4. discreditable
  5. despicable
  6. contemptible
  7. pitiful
  8. deplorable
Adjective
  • Oh, and Walt MacPherson’s Detective Roger Gaffney — one of the most reprehensible characters on this show — secures a major promotion that puts him partially in charge of the homicide unit, and his petty villainy will be a recurring issue.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
  • What an indefensible, reprehensible & disrespectful thing to have done.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of reprehensible
Adjective
  • Restaurants are closing and car break-ins are so common that people complain that thieves sometimes steal worthless items like old rags.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Aaron Ryder, a producer of Arrival, was quarantining at a hotel in Montreal, watching an army of amateur day traders drive up the value of a supposedly worthless stock.
    Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of worthless
Adjective
  • Untalented speechwriters produce such rubbish; unworthy politicians proclaim it.
    George F. Will, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • So, too, do observations Sedaris makes when he is dismissed as an outsider, unworthy of attention, unless about Trump or school shootings.
    Peter D. Kramer, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of unworthy
Adjective
  • Any review of these discreditable events requires recognition of an antidote to this foolishness.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Now, the previous autobiographical snippet, like those of the other three men, may have omitted certain discreditable matters.
    William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Definition of discreditable
Adjective
  • The mighty Roosevelt Johnson pulls a dual role as the exasperated ghost of Pap and the despicable Uncle Rev.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Ahead of the events depicted in season seven, our young heroes, the students of Class 1-A, have taken to the streets, battling the despicable villains out to take advantage of a country in crisis.
    David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of despicable
Adjective
  • It’s turned out very badly and the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is contemptible.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Be open-minded and recognize that even a campaign opponent — even the contemptible Trump — can occasionally be onto something worthwhile.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
Definition of contemptible
Adjective
  • The credit is non-existent, the pay pitiful given the expertise involved.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Just about every memory of his father and uncle turns on the question of masculinity, how manly qualities must triumph over the pitiful feminine.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of pitiful
Adjective
  • The state has acknowledged deplorable conditions at Stateville and plans are in motion to tear down that prison and Logan Correctional Center, a women’s prison in downstate Lincoln, then rebuild both facilities on the Stateville campus near Joliet.
    Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Records show the hotel has had habitual criminal activity and it's been known to be in a deplorable state inside.
    Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of deplorable
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Thesaurus Entries Near illaudable

ill at ease

illaudable

ill-being

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