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noun

plural of reprobate
as in villains
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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reprobates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of reprobate
1
as in rejects
to be unwilling to grant the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole

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2
as in refuses
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea

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3
as in denounces
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 reprobates
Noun
Unlike Vegas with its cast of reprobates and wackos, this joint is classy and clean and just a wee bit indulgent. — David Weiss, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 They’re typically retired, sitting on pensions and 401(k)s, and may be naive to the techniques favored by con artists and reprobates who run riot on the internet. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprobates
  1. villains
  2. rejects
  3. refuses
  4. denounces
  5. brutes
  6. denies
  7. declines
  8. condemns
Noun
  • Em details how Alan Rickman who played Hans Gruber, one of the most iconic villains in film history, offered director John McTiernan several key ideas that improved the film.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • That moment sealed his fate as one of the biggest Cubs villains in Cubs-Cardinals history.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of villains
Verb
  • The director rejects aspects of modernity in his personal life, too.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Conversely, when a judge rejects a motion for an injunction, companies can move to complete a takeover deal quickly.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of rejects
Verb
  • Recently in Colorado, a progressive 15-term Democratic member of Congress lost a primary election to a DSA candidate who refuses to condemn as anti-Semitic the firebombing of a demonstration for Israeli hostages.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Now they are being flown to Bhutan - a country that still refuses to recognize them as citizens and expels them on arrival to India or Nepal.
    — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026
Definition of refuses
Verb
  • Washington denounces Cuba’s overseas medical missions as exploitative and presses allies to drop them, but Calabria’s governor says losing the doctors would cripple care and vows to keep them.
    — Paolo Santalucia, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The project denounces Haiti’s justice system through the story of a woman imprisoned for years without trial and later judged not by law, but by scripture.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of denounces
Noun
  • These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
    — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-​skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-​skinned developing world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of brutes
Verb
  • Ukraine claims these warehouses support military logistics, a charge Russia denies.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Platner denies the allegation, but quit the race after key supporters called on him to withdraw.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of denies
Verb
  • Investors need to put into perspective how stock market declines, free cash flow patterns and capex fit together, both conceptually and historically.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Cole declines Gwayne Hightower’s offer to serve his house and move to Oldtown.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 July 2026
Definition of declines
Verb
  • The Illinois Nurses Association strongly condemns Prime’s attempts to permanently close the unit, said Kaitlynd French, who was previously a nurse at the hospital and now works as the union’s staff representative for the nurses there.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • Coventry said that while the ban on the Russian Olympic Committee and its athletes has been revoked, the IOC still condemns Russian actions in Ukraine.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026
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