VERB | cognition | reprobate | reject (documents) as invalid |
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communication | reprobate | abandon to eternal damnation | |
communication | reprobate, condemn, decry, objurgate, excoriate | express strong disapproval of | |
NOUN | person | reprobate, miscreant | a person without moral scruples |
ADJECTIVE | all | reprobate, depraved, perverse, perverted | deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good |
Sounds | reh'praobeyt | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. | |
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Example | "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" | |
Synonyms | depraved, perverse, perverted | |
Broader | corrupt | lacking in integrity |
Spanish | depravado, inmoral, perverso, pervertido | |
Nouns | reprobate | a person without moral scruples |
Meaning | A person without moral scruples. | |
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Synonym | miscreant | |
Narrower | pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate | A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior |
scapegrace, black sheep | A reckless and unprincipled reprobate | |
wretch | Performs some wicked deed | |
Broader | wrongdoer, offender | A person who transgresses moral or civil law |
Spanish | réprobo | |
Catalan | rèprobe, réprobo | |
Adjectives | reprobate | deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good |
Meaning | Reject (documents) as invalid. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
Opposite | approbate | Accept (documents) as valid |
Spanish | reprobar | |
Catalan | reprovar |
Meaning | abandon to eternal damnation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" | |
Category | theology, theological system | A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings |
Broader | sentence, condemn, doom | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law |
Spanish | condenar, reprobar | |
Nouns | reprobation | rejection by God |
Meaning | Express strong disapproval of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "These ideas were reprobated" | |
Synonyms | condemn, decry, objurgate, excoriate | |
Broader | denounce | Speak out against |
Spanish | censurar, condenar | |
Catalan | censurar, condemnar | |
Nouns | reprobation | severe disapproval |
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