Commendable and Reprehensible

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Commendable adjective - Deserving of high regard or great approval.

Usage example: a commendable interest in classical music

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Reprehensible is an antonym for commendable.

Reprehensible adjective - Provoking or likely to provoke protest.

Usage example: your behavior towards the other team was truly reprehensible, so you're being suspended from the next three games

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Commendable is an antonym for reprehensible.

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Reprehensible and Commendable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/commendable/reprehensible

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