English adjective: reprobate | |||
| 1. | reprobate deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | ||
| Samples | Depraved criminals. A perverted sense of loyalty. The reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat. | ||
| Synonyms | depraved, perverse, perverted | ||
| Similar | corrupt | ||
| Antonyms | incorrupt | ||
English noun: reprobate | |||
| 1. | reprobate (person) a person without moral scruples | ||
| Synonyms | miscreant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | offender, wrongdoer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | black sheep, degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert, scapegrace, wretch | ||
English verb: reprobate | |||
| 1. | reprobate (cognition) reject (documents) as invalid | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reject | ||
| Antonyms | approbate | ||
| 2. | reprobate (communication) abandon to eternal damnation | ||
| Samples | God reprobated the unrepenting sinner. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condemn, doom, sentence | ||
| Domain category | theological system, theology | ||
| 3. | reprobate (communication) express strong disapproval of | ||
| Samples | We condemn the racism in South Africa. These ideas were reprobated. | ||
| Synonyms | condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | denounce | ||