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Definition of reprobate in English: reprobatenoun ˈrɛprəbeɪtˈrɛprəˌbeɪt 1An unprincipled person. he had to present himself as more of a lovable reprobate than a spirit of corruption Example sentencesExamples - Things actually have gotten better, and not just because we are no longer pictured exclusively as wretched suicides and guilt-ridden reprobates.
- When the reprobates returned to beg forgiveness, Cecily pointedly asked Algernon why he had pretended to be Ernest.
- At odds with the establishment, he was painted as a reprobate - he did marry 27 nightclub dancers - but Ray sees him as a hero.
- From politicians to con artists, rapists to flesh peddling pornographers, we all have a certain visual reference point for the redolent and the reprobate.
- Nevertheless suspicion bred credulity, and society's reprobates could not be presumed unavailable for the purposes of prison plotters.
- If the pub had not been the favoured haunt of the living dead, a pasty faced bunch of assorted reprobates and alcoholics, he would have quite liked it.
- This place started promisingly, but now they let too many reprobates in.
- The lawless reprobate was condoned by the vices of the lawgivers: condoned, that is, for misdeeds short of murder.
- They're all hypocrites, liars and reprobates.
- Such observations are, of course, true and we economists often deserve such a back-of-the-hand treatment, even by sinners and reprobates from other social science disciplines.
- Later, when he's brought to her attention for poaching game birds on her property, she devises a very unique punishment for the old reprobate.
- Although not exactly a premier stopping point, it does serve as a dumping ground for the reprobates of the universe.
- By the end of the film, both the Union troops and the scroungy squad of reprobates Dundee has mustered look toward Tyreen for leadership.
- The church court, in other words, did not search for and destroy sexual reprobates, rather it relied on the active participation of the community.
- They might be pirates, they might be reprobates, they might have picked the pockets of poor bluesmen and ignorant English kids, but at least they were dedicated to music.
- After all, as a conservative of fairly recent vintage, I've seen how easy it is for liberals, assisted by a compliant press, to cast ideological foes as moral reprobates and thus avoid engaging their ideas.
- I would tell you to bring her along, but the reprobates aren't fond of kids.
- I began to stare at him as if he were a reprobate, but I couldn't believe it.
- He spent his teenage years in Lafayette, Indiana, an angsty reprobate and hardened juvenile delinquent.
- The woman is not only dominated, but reprobate, not only impotent, but cursed.
Synonyms rogue, rascal, scoundrel, good-for-nothing, villain, wretch, unprincipled person, rake, profligate, degenerate, debauchee, libertine troublemaker, mischief-maker, wrongdoer, evil-doer, transgressor, sinner French roué, vaurien informal scallywag, bad egg North American informal scofflaw, hellion informal, dated rotter, bounder dated cad, ne'er-do-well archaic miscreant, blackguard, knave, rapscallion, varlet, wastrel, rakehell, scapegrace 2archaic (in Calvinism) a sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined to damnation. Example sentencesExamples - Those who were chosen by God were no better than reprobates except that by his irresistible grace the elect could be brought to hate their sin, as Sir Walter does.
- And this is why the greatest effort of the Holy Parish of the Divinity of Christ has been towards the forcible conversion and Spiritual Salvation of these most hated of reprobates.
adjective ˈrɛprəbeɪtˈrɛprəˌbeɪt 1Unprincipled. Example sentencesExamples - Sometimes, misguided by a thread or finger, a digital doll finds itself wandering over to the dark side of show business and falling under the spell of the reprobate members of the manipulated.
- Freudo, on the other hand, is determined to be a more serious, sensual escape behind the seemingly sanguine outer layer of society and into its reprobate nether regions.
- This is stolen from his cottage by the squire's reprobate son Dunstan Cass, who disappears.
- There's the drunken reprobate attorney and confidant, Harry Rex.
- He almost becomes one of the family, cheerfully going out gambling with her dopey, reprobate nephew.
- In each case, while Joe seems to be the catalyst, we soon see that it is the internal flaws that each individual carries that result in their reprobate behavior.
- The first half of the film consists of SS officers observing potential recruits in all manner of borderline reprobate acts.
- So it's only natural that when they hit too close to home, when they hold a mirror up to the panting demographic and showcase people's reprobate and mercenary nature, the target should retaliate.
- There is a further hint that bustle and business are the properties of the older, reprobate drama.
Synonyms unprincipled, roguish, bad, wicked, rakish, shameless, immoral, profligate, degenerate, dissipated, debauched, depraved, corrupt incorrigible, hardened, unregenerate informal scoundrelly, rascally archaic knavish 2archaic (in Calvinism) predestined to damnation.
verb ˈrɛprəbeɪtˈrɛprəˌbeɪt [with object]archaic Express or feel disapproval of. his neighbours reprobated his method of proceeding Example sentencesExamples - Instead, she foregrounds how recent novels have been devoted to recommending or reprobating what she calls the ‘systems of philosophy or politics which have raised so much ferment of late years’.
Synonyms criticize, condemn, censure, denounce, express strong disapproval of rare reprehend
Origin Late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin reprobat- 'disapproved', from the verb reprobare, from re- (expressing reversal) + probare 'approve'. Definition of reprobate in US English: reprobatenounˈrɛprəˌbeɪtˈreprəˌbāt 1An unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately). Example sentencesExamples - From politicians to con artists, rapists to flesh peddling pornographers, we all have a certain visual reference point for the redolent and the reprobate.
- Such observations are, of course, true and we economists often deserve such a back-of-the-hand treatment, even by sinners and reprobates from other social science disciplines.
- After all, as a conservative of fairly recent vintage, I've seen how easy it is for liberals, assisted by a compliant press, to cast ideological foes as moral reprobates and thus avoid engaging their ideas.
- The church court, in other words, did not search for and destroy sexual reprobates, rather it relied on the active participation of the community.
- Later, when he's brought to her attention for poaching game birds on her property, she devises a very unique punishment for the old reprobate.
- Nevertheless suspicion bred credulity, and society's reprobates could not be presumed unavailable for the purposes of prison plotters.
- I began to stare at him as if he were a reprobate, but I couldn't believe it.
- I would tell you to bring her along, but the reprobates aren't fond of kids.
- The lawless reprobate was condoned by the vices of the lawgivers: condoned, that is, for misdeeds short of murder.
- Things actually have gotten better, and not just because we are no longer pictured exclusively as wretched suicides and guilt-ridden reprobates.
- The woman is not only dominated, but reprobate, not only impotent, but cursed.
- They might be pirates, they might be reprobates, they might have picked the pockets of poor bluesmen and ignorant English kids, but at least they were dedicated to music.
- Although not exactly a premier stopping point, it does serve as a dumping ground for the reprobates of the universe.
- At odds with the establishment, he was painted as a reprobate - he did marry 27 nightclub dancers - but Ray sees him as a hero.
- When the reprobates returned to beg forgiveness, Cecily pointedly asked Algernon why he had pretended to be Ernest.
- They're all hypocrites, liars and reprobates.
- This place started promisingly, but now they let too many reprobates in.
- If the pub had not been the favoured haunt of the living dead, a pasty faced bunch of assorted reprobates and alcoholics, he would have quite liked it.
- He spent his teenage years in Lafayette, Indiana, an angsty reprobate and hardened juvenile delinquent.
- By the end of the film, both the Union troops and the scroungy squad of reprobates Dundee has mustered look toward Tyreen for leadership.
Synonyms rogue, rascal, scoundrel, good-for-nothing, villain, wretch, unprincipled person, rake, profligate, degenerate, debauchee, libertine 2archaic (in Calvinism) a sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined to damnation. Example sentencesExamples - And this is why the greatest effort of the Holy Parish of the Divinity of Christ has been towards the forcible conversion and Spiritual Salvation of these most hated of reprobates.
- Those who were chosen by God were no better than reprobates except that by his irresistible grace the elect could be brought to hate their sin, as Sir Walter does.
adjectiveˈrɛprəˌbeɪtˈreprəˌbāt 1Unprincipled (often used as a humorous or affectionate reproach) a long-missed old reprobate drinking comrade Example sentencesExamples - There is a further hint that bustle and business are the properties of the older, reprobate drama.
- So it's only natural that when they hit too close to home, when they hold a mirror up to the panting demographic and showcase people's reprobate and mercenary nature, the target should retaliate.
- He almost becomes one of the family, cheerfully going out gambling with her dopey, reprobate nephew.
- In each case, while Joe seems to be the catalyst, we soon see that it is the internal flaws that each individual carries that result in their reprobate behavior.
- This is stolen from his cottage by the squire's reprobate son Dunstan Cass, who disappears.
- Freudo, on the other hand, is determined to be a more serious, sensual escape behind the seemingly sanguine outer layer of society and into its reprobate nether regions.
- The first half of the film consists of SS officers observing potential recruits in all manner of borderline reprobate acts.
- Sometimes, misguided by a thread or finger, a digital doll finds itself wandering over to the dark side of show business and falling under the spell of the reprobate members of the manipulated.
- There's the drunken reprobate attorney and confidant, Harry Rex.
Synonyms unprincipled, roguish, bad, wicked, rakish, shameless, immoral, profligate, degenerate, dissipated, debauched, depraved, corrupt 2archaic (in Calvinism) predestined to damnation.
verbˈrɛprəˌbeɪtˈreprəˌbāt [with object]archaic Express or feel disapproval of. his neighbors reprobated his method of proceeding Example sentencesExamples - Instead, she foregrounds how recent novels have been devoted to recommending or reprobating what she calls the ‘systems of philosophy or politics which have raised so much ferment of late years’.
Synonyms criticize, condemn, censure, denounce, express strong disapproval of
Origin Late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin reprobat- ‘disapproved’, from the verb reprobare, from re- (expressing reversal) + probare ‘approve’. |