Reprobate

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: rep=ro=bate

CIDE DICTIONARY

Reprobate, a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.].

•  Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.  [1913 Webster]

  "Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them."  [1913 Webster]
•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.

Reprobate, n. 

 One morally abandoned and lost.  [1913 Webster]
"I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king."  [1913 Webster]

Reprobate, v. t. 

•  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."  [1913 Webster]

  "Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other."  [1913 Webster]
•  To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Reprobate, n., adj., & v.
--n.
1 an unprincipled person; a person of highly immoral character.
2 a person who is condemned by God.
--adj.
1 immoral.
2 hardened in sin.
--v.tr.
1 express or feel disapproval of; censure.
2 (of God) condemn; exclude from salvation.

Derivative

reprobation n.

Etymology

ME f. L reprobare reprobat- disapprove (as RE-, probare approve)

THESAURUS

Reprobate

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Reprobate

Impiety

N impiety, sin, irreverence, profaneness, profanity, profanation, blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege, scoffing, hypocrisy, pietism, cant, pious fraud, lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence, misdevotion, formalism, austerity, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, pharisaism, precisianism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, odium theologicum, sacerdotalism, bigotry blue laws, hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation, sinner, scoffer, blasphemer, sacrilegist, sabbath breaker, worldling, hypocrite, Tartufe, Mawworm, bigot, saint, Pharisee, sabbatarian, formalist, methodist, puritan, pietist, precisian, religionist, devotee, ranter, fanatic, juramentado, the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate, sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one, children of darkness, impious, irreligious, desecrating, profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous, un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate, hardened, perverted, reprobate, hypocritical, canting, pietistical, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much, bigoted, fanatical, priest-ridden, under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion, giovane santo diavolo vecchio.

Disapprobation

VB disapprove, dislike, lament, object to, take exception to, be scandalized at, think ill of, view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes, nil admirari, disvalue, improbate, frown upon, look grave, bend the brows, knit the brows, shake the head at, shrug the shoulders, turn up the nose, look askance, look black upon, look with an evil eye, make a wry face, make a wry mouth at, set one's face against, dispraise, discommend, disparage, deprecate, speak ill of, not speak well of, condemn, blame, lay blame upon, cast blame upon, censure, fronder, reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn, remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate, reprehend, chide, admonish, berate, betongue, bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order, take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book, read a lesson, read a lecture to, rebuke, correct, reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete, overhaul, give it one, give it one finely, gibbet, accuse, impeach, denounce, hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration, expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize, show up, pull up, take up, cry 'shame' upon, be outspoken, raise a hue and cry against, execrate, exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate, abuse, abuse like a pickpocket, scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of, jaw, rail, rail at, rail in good set terms, bark at, anathematize, call names, call by hard names, call by ugly names, avile, revile, vilify, vilipend, bespatter, backbite, clapperclaw, rave against, thunder against, fulminate against, load with reproaches, exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against, decry, cry down, run down, frown down, clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist, draw up a round robin, sign a round robin, animadvert upon, reflect upon, glance at, cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon, insinuate, damn with faint praise, hint a fault and hesitate dislike, not to be able to say much for, scoff at, point at, twit, taunt, sneer at, satirize, lampoon, defame, depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, take exception, cavil, peck at, nibble at, carp at, be censorious, pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat, make a fuss about, take down, take down a peg, set down, snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles, throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden, have a fling, have a snap at, have words with, pluck a crow with, give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue, incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt, get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears, take blame, stand corrected, have to answer for.

Vice

N vice, evil-doing, evil courses, wrongdoing, wickedness, viciousness, iniquity, peccability, demerit, sin, Adam, old Adam, offending Adam, immorality, impropriety, indecorum, scandal, laxity, looseness of morals, enphagy, dophagy, exophagy, want of principle, want of ballast, obliquity, backsliding, infamy, demoralization, pravity, depravity, pollution, hardness of heart, brutality, corruption, knavery, profligacy, flagrancy, atrocity, cannibalism, lesbianism, Sadism, infirmity, weakness, weakness of the flesh, frailty, imperfection, error, weak side, foible, failing, failure, crying sin, besetting sin, defect, deficiency, cloven foot, lowest dregs of vice, sink of iniquity, Alsatian den, gusto picaresco, fault, crime, criminality, sinner, brothel, gambling house, joint, opium den, shooting gallery, crack house, vicious, sinful, sinning, wicked, iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal, naughty, incorrect, unduteous, undutiful, unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, contra bonos mores, indecorous, unseemly, improper, dissolute, profligate, scampish, unworthy, worthless, desertless, disgraceful, recreant, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, discreditable, disreputable, Sadistic, base, sinister, scurvy, foul, gross, vile, black, grave, facinorous, felonious, nefarious, shameful, scandalous, infamous, villainous, of a deep dye, heinous, flagrant, flagitious, atrocious, incarnate, accursed, Mephistophelian, satanic, diabolic, hellish, infernal, stygian, fiendlike, hell-born, demoniacal, devilish, fiendish, miscreated, misbegotten, demoralized, corrupt, depraved, evil-minded, evil-disposed, ill-conditioned, malevolent, heartless, graceless, shameless, virtueless, abandoned, lost to virtue, unconscionable, sunk in iniquity, lost in iniquity, steeped in iniquity, incorrigible, irreclaimable, obdurate, reprobate, past praying for, culpable, reprehensible, unjustifiable, indefensible, inexcusable, inexpiable, unpardonable, irremissible, weak, frail, lax, infirm, imperfect, indiscrete, demoralizing, degrading, wrong, sinfully, without excuse, Int, O tempora!, O mores!, alitur vitium vivitque tegendo, genus est mortis male vivere, mala mens malus animus, nemo repente fuit turpissimus, the trail of the serpent is over them all, to sanction vice and hunt decorum down.

Bad Man

N bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity, evildoer, sinner, the wicked, bad example, villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash, caitiff, wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin, tiger, monster, devil, devil incarnate, demon in human shape, Nana Sahib, hellhound, hellcat, rakehell, bad woman, jade, Jezebel, scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, scallawag, rou_e, rake, Sadist, skeesicks, skeezix, limb, one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee, vaurien, mauvais sujet, loose fish, sad dog, rounder, lost sheep, black sheep, castaway, recreant, defaulter, prodigal, rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother, ruffian, bully, meanie, Jonathan Wild, hangman, incendiary, arsonist, fire bug, thief, murderer, terrorist, culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp, disorderly person, misdemeanant, outlaw, scofflaw, vandal, felon, (convicted criminal), criminal, convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man, multiple offender, blackguard, polisson, loafer, sneak, rapscallion, rascallion, cullion, mean wretch, varlet, kern, ame-de-boue, drole, cur, dog, hound, whelp, mongrel, lown, loon, runnion, outcast, vagabond, rogue, ronian, scum of the earth, riffraff, Arcades ambo, Int, sirrah!, Acherontis pabulum, gibier de potence.