censurable

English

Etymology

From censure +‎ -able.

Adjective

censurable (comparative more censurable, superlative most censurable)

1. Deserving of censure; blameworthy.

   Synonyms: culpable, to blame; see also Thesaurus:guilty

   • 1648, Walter Montagu, “Of Scurrility”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia‎, London: W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, section 2, page 144:

     ... and well considered, me thinks this is one of the most censurable parts of this licentiousnesse, in regard it laboureth to taint the whole body of conversation, as it corrupteth the nature of words, which are the Publique Faith, whereupon all innocent discourse must needs trust it selfe, so that this perversion seemeth a publick impediment to the commerce of all vertuous communication ...

Derived terms

• censurableness
• censurably
• incensurable
• uncensurable

Translations

deserving of censure

Catalan: censurable French: censurable (fr) Portuguese: censurável Spanish: censurable (es)

Spanish

Etymology

From censurar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θensuˈɾable/ [θẽn.suˈɾa.β̞le] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sensuˈɾable/ [sẽn.suˈɾa.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: cen‧su‧ra‧ble

Adjective

censurable m or f (masculine and feminine plural censurables)

1. reprehensible
2. censurable, blameworthy

Further reading

• “censurable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025