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reprobate
/ ˈrɛprəbəsɪ; ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt /
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
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Derived Forms
- ˈreproˌbater, noun
- reprobacy, noun
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Other Words From
- rep·ro·ba·cy [rep, -r, uh, -b, uh, -see], repro·bateness noun
- repro·bater noun
- un·repro·bated adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reprobate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reprobate1
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Example Sentences
His effort to lead the league to a more enlightened stance is exactly why a bigot-reprobate like Jon Gruden deemed him a “f----t,” a word sure to rile him.
I remember calling him an old reprobate and he said 'not so much of the old'.
Afterward, there is rarely satisfaction, just final proof that Johnny Flameout is a reprobate.
The people who were predestined to be lost they described as reprobate, and this word we still use, but with a different meaning.
A reprobate nowadays is a person who is looked upon as hopelessly bad, and the word is also sometimes used jokingly.
I know he is a hot-blooded old reprobate—that father of yours.
What's me or that drunken old reprobate out there to the likes of you?
That a base reprobate should become a Marquis and a peer of Parliament was in accordance with the constitution of the country.
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