Thesaurus / reprobate
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His effort to lead the league to a more enlightened stance is exactly why a bigot-reprobate like Jon Gruden deemed him a “f----t,” a word sure to rile him.
IN NFL’S LATEST CRISIS OF PUBLIC TRUST, ROGER GOODELL IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUNDSALLY JENKINSOCTOBER 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe people who were predestined to be lost they described as reprobate, and this word we still use, but with a different meaning.
STORIES THAT WORDS TELL USELIZABETH O'NEILLA reprobate nowadays is a person who is looked upon as hopelessly bad, and the word is also sometimes used jokingly.
STORIES THAT WORDS TELL USELIZABETH O'NEILLI know he is a hot-blooded old reprobate—that father of yours.
DROSSHENRY SETON MERRIMANWhat's me or that drunken old reprobate out there to the likes of you?
AN OLD MAN'S LOVEANTHONY TROLLOPEThat a base reprobate should become a Marquis and a peer of Parliament was in accordance with the constitution of the country.
THE PRIME MINISTERANTHONY TROLLOPEShe longed to hate, to reprobate, and to shudder at the actual name of the wretch who had robbed her friend of a husband's heart.
ORLEY FARMANTHONY TROLLOPE"I believe the darned old reprobate was lyin' to us," he remarked, when the horseman disappeared into a coulee.
THE HAPPY FAMILYBERTHA MUZZY BOWERThe Dissenters had some favour at Court, but in the University they were looked upon as utterly reprobate.
OXFORDANDREW LANGHaving drunk some of the liquor, this extremely indolent reprobate lay down on his bed again, and in five minutes was fast asleep.
MASTERPIECES OF MYSTERY IN FOUR VOLUMESVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO REPROBATE
- abusing
- admonishing
- assailing
- berating
- blaming
- castigating
- censuring
- chiding
- criticizing
- denigrating
- denouncing
- disparaging
- giving a talking to
- lambasting
- lecturing
- lying down the law
- raking over the coals
- reaming
- reprimanding
- reproaching
- reprobating
- reproving
- scorning
- tongue-lashing
- vilifying
- vituperating
- beggar
- black sheep
- blackguard
- bully
- bum
- cad
- cardsharp
- charlatan
- cheat
- delinquent
- devil
- disgrace
- felon
- fraud
- good-for-nothing
- grafter
- hooligan
- hypocrite
- idler
- imp
- liar
- loafer
- mischief-maker
- miscreant
- opportunist
- pretender
- prodigal
- profligate
- recreant
- reprobate
- robber
- rowdy
- ruffian
- scamp
- scoundrel
- sinner
- skunk
- sneak
- swindler
- tough
- tramp
- trickster
- varmint
- villain
- wastrel
- wretch
- beg off
- brush off
- decline
- demur
- desist
- disaccord
- disallow
- disapprove
- dispense with
- dissent
- dodge
- evade
- give thumbs down to
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out
- ignore
- make excuses
- nix
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not care to
- pass up
- protest
- rebuff
- refuse to receive
- regret
- reject
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- send off
- send regrets
- set aside
- shun
- spurn
- turn away
- turn deaf ear to
- turn down
- turn from
- turn one's back on
- withdraw
- withhold
- burn
- cashier
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast out
- chuck
- decline
- deny
- despise
- disallow
- disbelieve
- discard
- discount
- discredit
- disdain
- dismiss
- eliminate
- exclude
- give thumbs down to
- jettison
- jilt
- kill
- nix
- not buy
- pass by
- pass on
- pass up
- put down
- rebuff
- refuse
- renounce
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- repulse
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- scrap
- second
- shed
- shoot down
- shun
- slough
- spurn
- throw away
- throw out
- turn down
- veto
- burns
- cashiers
- casts aside
- casts off
- casts out
- chucks
- declines
- denies
- despises
- disallows
- disbelieves
- discards
- discounts
- discredits
- disdains
- dismisses
- eliminates
- excludes
- gives thumbs down to
- jettisons
- jilts
- kills
- nixes
- not buys
- passes by
- passes on
- passes up
- puts down
- rebuffs
- refuses
- renounces
- repels
- reprobates
- repudiates
- repulses
- scoffs
- scorns
- scouts
- scraps
- seconds
- sheds
- shoots down
- shuns
- sloughs
- spurns
- throws away
- throws out
- turns down
- vetoes
- abandon
- abjure
- apostatize
- banish
- be against
- break with
- cast
- cast off
- cut off
- decline
- default
- defect
- demur
- deny
- desert
- disacknowledge
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- dump
- flush
- fly in the face of
- forsake
- nix
- oust
- rat
- recant
- refuse
- renounce
- repeal
- reprobate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- spurn
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn down
- wash one's hands of
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