| VERB | cognition | reprobate | reject (documents) as invalid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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