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Synonyms for reprobate

  • adjective
  • verb
  • noun

Most common

depraved corrupt wicked dissolute damned god forsaken cast-off

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Depraved — immoral, having no religious or principled character

depraved, corrupt, wicked, dissolute, perverted, abandoned, bad, profligate, hardened, sinful, evil, vile, lost formal, licentious, immoral, unworthy, unprincipled, incorrigible, perverse, iniquitous, devilish, graceless

2. Damned — rejected by God; damned, sinful

damned, tormented US, god forsaken, goddamned, hellbound, ever-damned dated, deuced dated

3. Forcasten — rejected; cast off as worthless

cast-off, forcasten

Verb

1. Condemn

condemn, excoriate, damn, censure, blame, denounce, decry, reprehend, objurgate, reproach, scold

Other

reject

Noun

1. Anathema — one rejected by God; a sinful person

anathema, icchantika

2. Miscreant

miscreant, scoundrel, wretch, villain, scapegrace, rascal, knave

Antonyms

proper, beneficent, approbate

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Rejected; cast off as worthless.

  2. adj. 2

    Rejected by God; damned, sinful.

  3. v. 1

    To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.

  4. n. 1

    One rejected by God; a sinful person.

Forms

Plural
reprobates → anathemas, icchantikas, miscreants, scoundrels…
Past participle
reprobated
e.g. reprobated → condemned, excoriated, damned, censured…

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Reprobate describes the condition of one who has become insensible to reproof, and who is morally abandoned and lost beyond hope of recovery.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

  • perverted Some people think that your people are perverted.
  • depraved Yanni is a depraved person with interests in minors.
  • profligate He was a drunkard and a profligate.
  • damned The purpose of the damned mosquitos is to bite us.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
reprobaterising
pervertedsteady
depravedrising
profligatesteady
dissolutesteady
damnedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bad1
4 letters
lost1, damn1, evil2, vile1
5 letters
blame1, scold1, decry2, knave1
6 letters
wicked2, reject2, damned1, sinful2, rascal2, wretch1, deuced
7 letters
corrupt2, villain2, condemn2, immoral3, censure2
8 letters
hardened2, unworthy3, perverse2, denounce2, depraved2, reproach2, devilish2, anathema4
9 letters
abandoned3, perverted3, tormented3, goddamned2, scoundrel2, dissolute, miscreant3, graceless2, hellbound, excoriate4, reprehend, forcasten, objurgate
10 letters
profligate3, licentious3, iniquitous, scapegrace, icchantika
12 letters
incorrigible5, unprincipled4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).

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