reprobate

Definition of reprobate

Nouns

a person without moral scruples
Synonyms:
miscreant
Types:
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degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
fetishist
one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)
masochist
someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
nympho, nymphomaniac
a woman with abnormal sexual desires
child molester, paederast, pederast
a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
paedophile, pedophile
an adult who is sexually attracted to children
sadist
someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others
sadomasochist
someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism
lech, lecher, letch, satyr
man with strong sexual desires
bugger, sod, sodomist, sodomite
someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
black sheep, scapegrace
a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
wretch
performs some wicked deed
Type of:
offender, wrongdoer
a person who transgresses moral or civil law

Adjectives

deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
"the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
Synonyms:
depraved, perverse, perverted
corrupt
lacking in integrity

Verbs

reject (documents) as invalid
Antonyms:
approbate
accept (documents) as valid
Type of:
reject
refuse to accept or acknowledge
abandon to eternal damnation
"God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
Type of:
condemn, doom, sentence
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
express strong disapproval of
"These ideas were reprobated"
Synonyms:
condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate
Type of:
denounce
speak out against

Vocabulary Lists for reprobate

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