noun · rare

reprobate

reprobate · reprobates

прокляття, анафема, анатема

негодяй, нечестивец, распутник

Sünder, Gauner, Schurke, Halunke

One rejected by God; a sinful personOne rejected by God; a sinful person.

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/ˈɹɛpɹəbət/

» The tavern was full of all manner of reprobate.

Meaning

2 senses

One rejected by God; a sinful person.
Sünder
нечести́вецnečestívec
A person with low morals or principles.
Schurke, Gauner, Halunke
негодя́йnegodjáj, распу́тникraspútnik

More definitions

a person without moral scruples

Examples

3 sentences

The tavern was full of all manner of reprobate.
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The preacher thundered against the reprobate souls who refused to repent.
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The town's reprobate element gathered nightly in the dim corner of the tavern.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

sinful person:

individual with low morals:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

sinful person:

individual with low morals:

Origin

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobat(e) (“

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).

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