as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
a reprobate judge who could be bribed, and often with astonishing ease
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
a program for rehabilitating hard-core reprobates and turning them into hard-working, law-abiding citizens
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1
as in to reject
to be unwilling to grant
the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole
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as in to refuse
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea
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as in to denounce
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
spent much of her talk reprobating the callous indifference of a materialistic society to the suffering of people in the third world
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Recent Examples of reprobate
Armond White,
National Review,
6 Apr. 2022
For reference, consider the late, reprobate Southwest Conference.
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Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas News,
13 Jan. 2020
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
Like many of Anderson’s protagonists, Gustave is a reprobate of the first order, romancing old ladies for their fortunes and such.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Batiste is not a reprobate minstrel like late-night regular Lil Nas X; yet the weakness of both is held in equivalent esteem by the cultural mainstream.
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Armond White,
National Review,
6 Apr. 2022
For reference, consider the late, reprobate Southwest Conference.
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Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas News,
13 Jan. 2020
Noun
That pair of reprobates retired from politics due to ill health.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
Like many of Anderson’s protagonists, Gustave is a reprobate of the first order, romancing old ladies for their fortunes and such.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
Verb
Gasoline is dirty, smelly, toxic, and environmentally reprobate.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprobate
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In reality, leaders on both sides are corrupt and always on the edge of disaster.
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My career actually focuses on bonding and preventing taxpayers from being on the hook for the failures of bankrupt and corrupt companies.
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There are probably easier ways to mount a crime thriller steeped in gritty realism than centering it on a villain made of gas.
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That doesn’t mean Netherlands players are villains, or anything less than heroes for their country.
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Critics see it as another attempt to breathe life into claims that courts, investigators and election officials have repeatedly rejected — and another corrosive attempt to undermine faith in the state’s vote.
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Questioning, if not rejecting, established Christian doctrine, Ahab also comes to regard Moby Dick as the outward and visible sign, the physical embodiment of the indifference or, worse, utter malignity inherent in the universe.
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Hamas’ statement made no mention of disarmament, one of the key requirements under the second phase of the ceasefire deal, which the group has so far refused.
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To conceal the theft from his investors, Correia refused to disclose his company’s financial records and gave false positive updates on SnoOwl’s status.
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Activists and faith leaders denounced the conditions at the office during a press conference the previous day, calling on officials to visit the facility and said there had been bad conditions at the facility for weeks.
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Prosecutors call Hearn’s actions a deliberate, violent act causing more than $1,000 in damage, and his attorneys denounce the case as an alarming misuse of government power.
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Faster delivery with degraded quality just accelerates technical debt and erodes user trust.
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Her days are spent growing coral fragments in nurseries, cleaning restoration structures, managing coral predators and transplanting coral onto degraded reefs.
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Shinnecock was still a brute of a test, but the red numbers on the white scoreboard were an unfamiliar site for this course.
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These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
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His opponent claimed that created a conflict of interest, which Weiser denied.
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The two housekeepers denied having such a conversation with Brown, noting language differences would have made such a discussion unlikely.
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“Reprobate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprobate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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