English Explanatory Dictionary

reprobate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Rejected; cast off as worthless.
  2. Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
  3. Immoral, having no religious or principled character.
noun
  1. One rejected by God; a sinful person.
  2. A person with low morals or principles.
verb
  1. To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.
  2. Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
  3. To refuse, set aside.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛpɹəbət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reprobate1.wav /ˈɹɛpɹəbeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reprobate2.wav

Word forms

reprobate more reprobate most reprobate reprobates reprobating reprobated

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).

Synonyms

castoff discarded forcasten ever-damned goddamned hellbound damned deityforsaken deuced godforsaken reprobate tormented dissolute licentious profligate aberrant corrupt corrupted depraved dirty-handed effete errant indecent indecorous immodest immoral improper incontinent iniquitous iniquous nought obscene perverse perverted unduteous undutiful unethical ungodly unjust unprincipled unrighteous unseemly unscrupulous unworthy wrong icchantika

Related words

depraved

Derived words

reprobateness approbate and reprobate reprobater unreprobated
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