reprobate

  • 21reprobate — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, abominable, accursed, accuse, amoral, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, arrant, atrocious, backslider, bad, bad egg, bad lot, base, bastard, black, black sheep, blackguard, blackguardly,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22reprobate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sinner, scoundrel; rogue, blackguard. See impiety. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wicked] Syn. unprincipled, corrupt, depraved, immoral, amoral, lewd, vicious, dissolute, profligate, vile, demoralized,… …

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  • 23reprobate — rep|ro|bate [ reprou,beıt ] noun count OFTEN HUMOROUS someone who behaves in a way that you do not approve of …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24reprobate — [16] The Latin prefix re usually denoted ‘return’ or ‘repetition’, but it was also used for ‘reversal of a previous condition’. This usage lies behind Latin reprobāre (source of English reprove [14]), a compound verb based on probāre ‘test,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25reprobate — rep·ro·bate || reprəʊbeɪt v. censure, denounce, condemn …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26reprobate — [ rɛprəbeɪt] noun 1》 an unprincipled person. 2》 archaic (in Calvinism) a sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined to damnation. adjective 1》 unprincipled. 2》 archaic (in Calvinism) predestined to damnation. verb archaic disapprove of.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 27reprobate — I. a. Depraved, abandoned, profligate, corrupt, hardened, lost, graceless, base, shameless, wicked, vile, vitiated, irredeemable, castaway. II. n. Villain, castaway, outcast, miscreant, caitiff, vile wretch. III. v. a. 1. Disapprove, reject,… …

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  • 28reprobate — n 1. miscreant, villain, blackguard, knave, wretch, Archaic. caitiff; scapegrace, scoundrel, rogue, rascal, Archaic. varlet, scamp, Inf. scalawag, rapscallion; ne er do well, good for nothing, Fr. vaurien, Sl. bum; cur, Sl. dog, Inf. hound,… …

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  • 29reprobate — rep·ro·bate …

    English syllables

  • 30reprobate — rep•ro•bate [[t]ˈrɛp rəˌbeɪt[/t]] n. adj. v. bat•ed, bat•ing 1) a depraved or wicked person 2) a person who is beyond hope of salvation 3) morally depraved; wicked 4) being beyond hope of salvation 5) to disapprove, condemn, or censure 6) to… …

    From formal English to slang