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101miscreant — [adj] evil, immoral corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, perverse, rascally, reprehensible, reprobate, unhealthy, unprincipled, vicious, villainous, wicked; concepts 401,545 Ant. good, moral, nice… …
102profligate — [adj1] immoral, corrupt abandoned, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, iniquitous, lax, lewd, libertine, licentious, loose, promiscuous, reprobate, shameless, unprincipled, vicious, vitiated, wanton, wicked, wild; concept 545… …
103prove — [12] The ultimate source of prove was Latin probus ‘good’. This went back (like the related Sanskrit prabhu ‘eminent, mighty’) to a prehistoric Indo European compound *probhwo ‘being in front’, hence ‘excelling’ (*promeant ‘in front’, and *bhwo… …
104black sheep — noun 1. a reckless and unprincipled reprobate • Syn: ↑scapegrace • Hypernyms: ↑reprobate, ↑miscreant 2. sheep with a black coat • Hypernyms: ↑sheep * * * noun …
105reprobation — noun 1. rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell • Derivationally related forms: ↑reprobate • Hypernyms: ↑rejection 2. severe disapproval • Derivationally related forms: ↑reprobate …
106reprobacy — ˈreprəbəsē noun ( es) Etymology: reprobate (II) + cy : the quality or state of being reprobate committed defiantly, in open reprobacy J.A.Symonds …
107reprobance — bən(t)s noun ( s) Etymology: reprobate (II) + ance archaic : reprobation fallen to reprobance A.C.Swinburne * * * …
108re|prov´ing|ly — re|prove «rih PROOV», transitive verb, proved, prov|ing. to show disapproval of; find fault with; blame; scold: »She reproved the boy for teasing the cat. ╂[< Old French reprover, learned borrowing from Late Latin reprobāre …
109re|prove — «rih PROOV», transitive verb, proved, prov|ing. to show disapproval of; find fault with; blame; scold: »She reproved the boy for teasing the cat. ╂[< Old French reprover, learned borrowing from Late Latin reprobāre …
110Approbate — Ap pro*bate, v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. [1913 Webster] I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the… …
