adj
Meaning 1
Rejected; cast off as worthless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: castoff, discarded, forcasten
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reprobate
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adj
Meaning 2
Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ever-damned, goddamned, hellbound, damned, deityforsaken, deuced, godforsaken, reprobate, tormented
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Immoral, having no religious or principled character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The reprobate criminal sneered at me.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dissolute, licentious, profligate, aberrant, corrupt, corrupted, depraved, dirty-handed, effete, errant, indecent, indecorous, immodest, immoral, improper, incontinent, iniquitous, iniquous, nought, obscene, perverse, perverted, reprobate, unduteous, undutiful, unethical, ungodly, unjust, unprincipled, unrighteous, unseemly, unscrupulous, unworthy, wrong
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
One rejected by God; a sinful person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: icchantika, anathema
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A person with low morals or principles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To refuse, set aside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- depraved criminals
- a perverted sense of loyalty
- the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: depraved, perverse, perverted
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a person without moral scruples
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: miscreant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender
Narrower terms: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate, scapegrace, black sheep, wretch
verb
Meaning 11
reject (documents) as invalid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: approbate
Broader terms: reject
verb
Meaning 12
express strong disapproval of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: condemn, decry, objurgate, excoriate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: denounce
verb
Meaning 13
abandon to eternal damnation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- God reprobated the unrepenting sinner
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sentence, condemn, doom
History
Etymology
First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten), borrowed from Latin reprobātus (“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), perfect passive participle of reprobō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
First attested in c. 1451, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobaten, from reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin reprobātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of reprove.
Across languages
Translations
144 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отхвърлен (othvǎrlen) — rejected
- Dutch: verworpen — rejected
- Dutch: veroordeeld — rejected
- Estonian: hukkamõistetu — rejected
- Finnish: hylätty — rejected
- French: rejeté — rejected
- French: évincé — rejected
- French: condamné — rejected
- French: réprouvé — rejected
- French: blâmé — rejected
- French: flétri — rejected
- French: marginalisé — rejected
- French: banni — rejected
- French: blackboulé — rejected
- French: répudié — rejected
- German: zurückgewiesen — rejected
- German: abgelehnt — rejected
- German: aussortiert — rejected
- Macedonian: о́тфрлен (ótfrlen) — rejected
- Macedonian: о́дбиен (ódbien) — rejected
- Norwegian: forkaste — rejected
- Portuguese: reprovado — rejected
- Scottish Gaelic: daoidh — rejected
- Scottish Gaelic: dubhailceach — rejected
- Spanish: reprobado — rejected
- Spanish: desdichado — rejected
- Spanish: infamado — rejected
- Turkish: reddedilmiş — rejected
- Dutch: verworpen — rejected by God
- Dutch: verlaten — rejected by God
- Finnish: hylätty — rejected by God
- Finnish: tuomittu — rejected by God
- Finnish: kirottu — rejected by God
- French: maudit — rejected by God
- French: anathématisé — rejected by God
- French: réprouvé — rejected by God
- French: excommunié — rejected by God
- French: stigmatisé — rejected by God
- German: verworfen — rejected by God
- Macedonian: о́суден (ósuden) — rejected by God
- Malay: laknatullah — rejected by God
- Portuguese: réprobo — rejected by God
- Scottish Gaelic: daoidh — rejected by God
- Scottish Gaelic: dubhalceach — rejected by God
- Spanish: maldito — rejected by God
- Spanish: anatematizado — rejected by God
- Spanish: reprobado — rejected by God
- Spanish: excomulgado — rejected by God
- Spanish: réprobo — rejected by God
- Swedish: förtappad — rejected by God
- Turkish: lanetlenmiş — rejected by God
- Turkish: lanetli — rejected by God
- Bulgarian: безпътен (bezpǎten) — immoral
- Bulgarian: развратен (razvraten) — immoral
- Dutch: immoreel — immoral
- Dutch: verwerpelijk — immoral
- Finnish: moraaliton — immoral
- French: maudit — immoral
- French: infâme — immoral
- French: cynique — immoral
- French: immoral — immoral
- German: verkommen — immoral
- German: verwerflich — immoral
- German: verworfen — immoral
- German: ruchlos — immoral
- Greek: φαύλος (fávlos) — immoral
- Macedonian: ра́звратен (rázvraten) — immoral
- Portuguese: réprobo — immoral
- Russian: безнра́вственный (beznrávstvennyj) — immoral
- Russian: распу́тный (raspútnyj) — immoral
- Scottish Gaelic: daoidh — immoral
- Scottish Gaelic: dubhailceach — immoral
- Scottish Gaelic: olc — immoral
- Scottish Gaelic: droch-bheusach — immoral
- Scottish Gaelic: ainbheusach — immoral
- Spanish: inmundo — immoral
- Spanish: réprobo — immoral
- Turkish: adi — immoral
- Turkish: ahlâksız — immoral
- Turkish: alçak — immoral
- Bulgarian: грешник (grešnik) — sinful person
- Dutch: zondaar — sinful person
- Finnish: syntinen — sinful person
- German: Sünder — sinful person
- Macedonian: гре́шник (gréšnik) — sinful person
- Macedonian: про́клетник (prókletnik) — sinful person
- Malay: laknatullah — sinful person
- Russian: нечести́вец (nečestívec) — sinful person
- Scottish Gaelic: daoidh — sinful person
- Scottish Gaelic: droch-dhuine — sinful person
- Scottish Gaelic: peacach — sinful person
- Spanish: réprobo — sinful person
- Turkish: günahkâr — sinful person
- Bulgarian: негодник (negodnik) — individual with low morals
- Dutch: onverlaat — individual with low morals
- Dutch: schurk — individual with low morals
- Finnish: heittiö — individual with low morals
- Finnish: hulttio — individual with low morals
- German: Schurke — individual with low morals
- German: Gauner — individual with low morals
- German: Halunke — individual with low morals
- Irish: alfraits — individual with low morals
- Macedonian: превр́тливец (prevŕtlivec) — individual with low morals
- Macedonian: ра́звратник (rázvratnik) — individual with low morals
- Portuguese: réprobo — individual with low morals
- Russian: негодя́й (negodjáj) — individual with low morals
- Russian: распу́тник (raspútnik) — individual with low morals
- Scottish Gaelic: daoidh — individual with low morals
- Scottish Gaelic: droch-dhuine — individual with low morals
- Spanish: réprobo — individual with low morals
- Spanish: granuja — individual with low morals
- Spanish: libertino — individual with low morals
- Turkish: ahlâksız — individual with low morals
- Turkish: alçak — individual with low morals
- Bulgarian: порицавам (poricavam) — condemn
- Bulgarian: осъждам (osǎždam) — condemn
- Czech: zavrhnout — condemn
- Dutch: verwerpen — condemn
- Dutch: veroordelen — condemn
- Finnish: tuomita — condemn
- German: verdammen — condemn
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (idweitjan) — condemn
- Greek: καταδικάζω (katadikázo) — condemn
- Macedonian: о́суди (ósudi) — condemn
- Portuguese: reprovar — condemn
- Portuguese: condenar — condemn
- Romanian: reproba — condemn
- Dutch: verlaten — abandon
- Finnish: hylätä — abandon
- German: verlassen — abandon
- German: für gottlos erklären — abandon
- Portuguese: reprovar — abandon
- Bulgarian: отхвърлям (othvǎrljam) — refuse
- Dutch: verwerpen — refuse
- Dutch: weigeren — refuse
- Finnish: kieltää — refuse
- Finnish: sivuuttaa — refuse
- German: verwerfen — refuse
- German: verwehren — refuse
- German: verweigern — refuse
- German: ablehnen — refuse
- Greek: απορρίπτω (aporrípto) — refuse
- Macedonian: о́тфрли (ótfrli) — refuse
- Portuguese: reprovar — refuse