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reprobate
[rep-ruh-beyt]
noun
a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person.
a drunken reprobate.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
Synonyms: ,
adjective
morally depraved; unprincipled; bad.
Synonyms: , , ,rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
verb (used with object)
to disapprove, condemn, or censure.
Synonyms: , , ,(of God) to reject (a person), as for sin; exclude from the number of the elect or from salvation.
reprobate
/ ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt, ˈrɛprəbəsɪ /
adjective
morally unprincipled; depraved
Christianity destined or condemned to eternal punishment in hell
noun
an unprincipled, depraved, or damned person
a disreputable or roguish person
the old reprobate
verb
to disapprove of; condemn
(of God) to destine, consign, or condemn to eternal punishment in hell
Other Word Forms
- reprobacy noun
- reprobateness noun
- reprobater noun
- unreprobated adjective
- ˈˌٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of reprobate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of reprobate1
Example Sentences
Castleberry can make you wonder which reprobate to care about most, which sin causes the most harm.
A pious woman beats the hell out of her reprobate husband after he gets a giant tattoo of Jesus on his back.
And a good thing too, since in Paul’s own estimation, Barton boys are, with rare exception, a hopeless bunch of “philistines,” “reprobates,” “troglodytes,” “degenerates,” “hormonal vulgarians,” “fetid layabouts” and “snarling Visigoths.”
The media are already ballyhooing about how Trump's indictment for the crimes of Jan. 6 is truly "historic" and "unprecedented" in American history and that the "walls have closed in" on the reprobate ex-president.
The entire world economy and every person on the planet could suffer because of the likes of George Santos, Marjorie Taylor Greene and the other reprobates who hold McCarthy hostage — a fact Biden acknowledged Tuesday.
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