'Reprobate' definitions:
Definition of 'reprobate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate]
noun
A person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate, miscreant]
verb
Reject (documents) as invalid [ant: approbate]
verb
Abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
verb
Definition of 'Reprobate'
From: GCIDE
- Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\, n. One morally abandoned and lost. [1913 Webster]
- I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reprobate'
From: GCIDE
- Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]
- 1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject. [1913 Webster]
- Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reprobate'
From: GCIDE
- Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. --Jer. vi. 30. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved. [1913 Webster]
- And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits reprobate. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'reprobate'
From: Easton
- Reprobate 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 them (1 Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor. 13:5-7).
Synonyms of 'reprobate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- blamable,
- blame,
- blameworthy,
- call to account,
- cast blame upon,
- cast reflection upon,
- censure,
- complain against,
- condemn,
- contaminated,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- criminal,
- cry down,
- cry out against,
- cry out on,
- cry shame upon,
- cur,
- cursed,
- damn,
- damnable,
- damned,
- dark,
- debased,
- debauched,
- debauchee,
- decadent,
- decry,
- degenerate,
- degraded,
- denounce,
- denunciate,
- depraved,
- despicable,
- disapprove,
- disgraceful,
- dismiss,
- dissolute,
- evil,
- execrable,
- fallen angel,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- fleshly,
- foul,
- fulminate against,
- godless,
- good-for-nothing,
- graceless,
- heel,
- heinous,
- immoral,
- impeach,
- improper,
- impugn,
- indict,
- infamous,
- iniquitous,
- inveigh against,
- irredeemable,
- knave,
- knavish,
- knock,
- lecher,
- libertine,
- licentious,
- lost,
- lost sheep,
- lost soul,
- low,
- lowlife,
- mean,
- miscreant,
- monstrous,
- morally polluted,
- mundane,
- naughty,
- nefarious,
- nonsacred,
- notorious,
- peccant,
- pervert,
- perverted,
- pimp,
- polluted,
- profane,
- profligate,
- rake,
- rank,
- rap,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- rascally,
- recidivist,
- recreant,
- reflect upon,
- refuse,
- reject,
- reprehend,
- reprehensible,
- reproach,
- repudiate,
- roguish,
- rotten,
- roue,
- scalawag,
- scamp,
- scampish,
- scandalous,
- scapegrace,
- scoundrel,
- scoundrelly,
- secular,
- shake up,
- shameful,
- shameless,
- shriftless,
- sinful,
- skin,
- sorry lot,
- spurn,
- steeped in iniquity,
- tainted,
- temporal,
- trollop,
- turn down,
- unblessed,
- unconverted,
- unforgivable,
- unhallowed,
- unholy,
- unpardonable,
- unprincipled,
- unredeemed,
- unregenerate,
- unsacred,
- unsanctified,
- unspeakable,
- unworthy,
- vice-corrupted,
- vicious,
- vile,
- villain,
- villainous,
- vitiated,
- warped,
- wastrel,
- whore,
- wicked,
- worldly,
- wretch,
- wrong