censurable

[ sen-sher-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. deserving censure or blame.

censurable

/ ˈsɛnʃərəbəl /

adjective

1. deserving censure, condemnation, or blame

Derived Forms

• ˈcensurably, adverb
• ˈcensurableness, noun

Other Words From

• censur·a·ble·ness censur·a·bili·ty noun
• censur·a·bly adverb
• non·censur·a·ble adjective
• non·censur·a·ble·ness noun
• non·censur·a·bly adverb
• un·censur·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of censurable¹

First recorded in 1625–35; censure + -able

Example Sentences

The most censurable part of the agreement was in the failure to exact the surrender of St. Elmo, which dominates the others.

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The purpose was to deceive, and it was the more censurable for being so deliberately premeditated and so perseveringly practised.

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If Hagar behaved with impertinence and vanity, Sarah manifested a very censurable degree of resentment.

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O tell me in full what else Arjuna did, I do not see even the most trivial thing to Jishnu that is censurable.

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The thing itself was commendable and excellent; but in the means employed there was much that was censurable.

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