Mean
Mean adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.
Usage example: a mean trick to play on a trusting person
Reprehensible and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reprehensible" instead an adjective "Mean".
Reprehensible
Reprehensible adjective - Deserving reproach or blame.
Mean and reprehensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Reprehensible".
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- In the episode "The Coon", when Cartman (as a raccoon-themed superhero known as The Coon) gets Professor Chaos (Butters' super-villain persona) to blow up a hospital to lure out rival hero Mysterion, Professor Chaos laments on how he finds blowing up hospIn itals mean and reprehensible.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor: He's very sweet-natured and friendly despite being best known for playing a deeply reprehensible character.
Source: Creator / Alexander Skarsgård
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