Reprobate - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈreprəbeɪt|  American pronunciation of the word reprobate
Brit.  |ˈreprəbeɪt|  British pronunciation of the word reprobate

noun

- a person without moral scruples (syn: miscreant)

verb

- reject (documents) as invalid
- abandon to eternal damnation
God reprobated the unrepenting sinner
- express strong disapproval of (syn: condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate)
These ideas were reprobated

adjective

- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good (syn: depraved, perverse, perverted)
the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat

Extra examples

...the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole...

...without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea...

...a reprobate judge who could be bribed, and often with astonishing ease...

...a program for rehabilitating hard-core reprobates and turning them into hard-working, law-abiding citizens...

God reprobated the unrepenting sinner

These ideas were reprobated

...a gentle soul who could compassionate even the most reprobate of scoundrels and villains...

Word forms

noun
singular: reprobate
plural: reprobates
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