reprobate
11reprobate — I. transitive verb ( bated; bating) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare more at reprove Date: 15th century 1. to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil < reprobating the laxity of the… …
12reprobate — 1. adjective /ˈɹɛpɹəbət/ a) Rejected; cast off as worthless. Strength and Art are easily out done / By Spirits reprobate b) Rejected by God; damned, sinful. The reprobate criminal sneered at me. 2. noun /ˈɹɛp …
13reprobate — [[t]re̱prəbeɪt[/t]] reprobates N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a reprobate, you mean that they behave in a way that is not respectable or morally correct. [OLD FASHIONED] Far from being the drunken reprobate of popular legend,… …
14reprobate — UK [ˈreprəʊbeɪt] / US [ˈreproʊˌbeɪt] noun [countable] Word forms reprobate : singular reprobate plural reprobates often humorous someone who behaves in a way that you do not approve of …
15reprobate — reprobacy /rep reuh beuh see/, reprobateness, n. reprobater, n. /rep reuh bayt /, n., adj., v., reprobated, reprobating. n. 1. a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate. 2. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of… …
16reprobate — rep|ro|bate [ˈreprəbeıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of reprobare; REPROVE] formal someone who behaves in an immoral way often used humorously >reprobate adj …
17reprobate — noun (C) formal or humorous someone who behaves in an immoral way: an old reprobate who spent all his money on gin …
18reprobate — /ˈrɛprəbeɪt / (say repruhbayt) noun 1. an abandoned, unprincipled, or reprehensible person: *It might stop the old reprobate from sneaking down to bandicoot some of ours? –barney roberts, 1987. 2. Obsolete (in Calvinism) a person rejected by God… …
19reprobate, you — ‘Reprobate’ is far too literary and archaic a word to be used frequently in ordinary speech. One can imagine its being used humorously between educated speakers, in contexts where the accusation of moral depravity would not be taken too… …
20Reprobate — That which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer. 6:30; Heb. 6:8; Gr. adokimos, rejected ). This word is also used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because they have failed to make use of opportunities offered… …
