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Synonyms and Antonyms of reprobating
- the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole
- without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea
blowing off, disdaining, rebuffing, scorning, scouting, shooting down
forbidding, prohibiting, proscribing
abstaining (from), forbearing, refraining (from)
denying, disavowing, disclaiming, disputing, gainsaying
abjuring, forswearing (also foreswearing), recanting, renouncing, retracting, taking back, unsaying, withdrawing
avoiding, bypassing, detouring
contradicting, denying, disowning, negating
controverting, disagreeing (with), disproving, disputing, rebutting, refuting
- spent much of her talk reprobating the callous indifference of a materialistic society to the suffering of people in the third world
attacking, blaming, blasting, criticizing, dispraising, dissing [slang], faulting, knocking, panning, slamming
belittling, deprecating, disparaging
blacklisting, excommunicating, ostracizing
castigating, chastising, rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching
admonishing, chiding, reproving
berating, lambasting, raking, scolding, upbraiding, vituperating
abhorring, abominating, detesting, hating, loathing, reviling
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