reprobate
noun
[ ˈrɛprəbeɪt ]
• an unprincipled person.
• "he had to present himself as more of a lovable reprobate than a spirit of corruption"
Similar:
rogue,
rascal,
scoundrel,
good-for-nothing,
villain,
wretch,
unprincipled person,
rake,
profligate,
degenerate,
debauchee,
libertine,
troublemaker,
mischief-maker,
wrongdoer,
evil-doer,
transgressor,
sinner,
roué,
vaurien,
scallywag,
bad egg,
scofflaw,
hellion,
rotter,
bounder,
cad,
ne'er-do-well,
miscreant,
blackguard,
knave,
rapscallion,
varlet,
wastrel,
rakehell,
scapegrace,
• (in Calvinism) a sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined to damnation.
reprobate
adjective
• unprincipled.
• "reprobate behaviour"
Similar:
unprincipled,
roguish,
bad,
wicked,
rakish,
shameless,
immoral,
profligate,
degenerate,
dissipated,
debauched,
depraved,
corrupt,
incorrigible,
hardened,
unregenerate,
scoundrelly,
rascally,
knavish,
• (in Calvinism) predestined to damnation.
reprobate
verb
• express or feel disapproval of.
• "his neighbours reprobated his method of proceeding"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin reprobat- ‘disapproved’, from the verb reprobare, from re- (expressing reversal) + probare ‘approve’.
