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
  • Those three things adding up result in William not being able to control his anger and acting in a way that's reprehensible.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • This episode is a nightmare of stress and bad choices, and Sagar Radia plays Rishi with such subtlety that despite his reprehensible behavior, I was still left feeling oddly soft for him.
    Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2024
Definition of reprehensible
Adjective
  • In the cryptocurrency world, rug-pulling is when developers abandon a project after raising assets, leaving people with worthless tokens.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Everyone in the movie struggles to some degree as well and requests to be paid with three or four U.S. dollars at a time, rather than hundreds of thousands of massively inflated, practically worthless Lebanese pounds.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of worthless
Adjective
  • The play’s supernatural subtext was always a cheap theatrical gimmick, unconvincing and unworthy of Wilson’s seriousness about black Americans escaping imposed Christianity and developing their own skepticism.
    Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Some fan accounts implied Blanco was unworthy of the actor and pop star.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 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
  • Prophecy deepens the audience’s understanding of why these women crave absolute power despite its dangers, and their despicable methods to attain it.
    Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Even Martha Washington bore in on the Federalist side, saying that Jefferson was despicable, the most despicable mankind of all.
    NBC News, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of despicable
Adjective
  • Fiona Shaw is so perfectly contemptible throughout those scenes on the sailboat, rendering Angelica so completely self-absorbed and so cruel, that her likely death feels like an immediate relief.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Most Europeans find Donald Trump alien and contemptible and a man unsuited for the U.S. presidency.
    David Goodart, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Definition of contemptible
Adjective
  • Perhaps this weekend can be a get-right game against the pitiful New York Jets, but there’s not much to be excited about.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Mercifully, Newcastle came up against a Leicester side whose setup under Ruud van Nistelrooy was as naive as their defensive performance was pitiful.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of pitiful
Adjective
  • Tonally, the show is a total master class, zipping from euphoric highs to stomach-jolting lows without batting an eyelid, and leaving us to unpack why such a deplorable and devastatingly sad contest can also make us, and its participants, feel so incredibly good.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Detainees have previously complained about constant violence, deplorable conditions, severe staffing shortages and the frequent smuggling of drugs and other contraband, the Associated Press reported in September.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of deplorable
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Thesaurus Entries Near illaudable

ill at ease

illaudable

ill-being

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