Syn. — Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium; invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility; insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;; disgrace; infamy.

Reproachablr
(Re*proach"a*blr) a. [Cf. F. reprochable.]

1. Deserving reproach; censurable.

2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n.Re*proach"a*bly, adv.

Reproacher
(Re*proach"er) n. One who reproaches.

Reproachful
(Re*proach"ful) a.

1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.

The reproachful speeches . . .
That he hath breathed in my dishonor here.
Shak.

2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

Syn. — Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous.

Re*proach"ful*ly adv.Re*proach"ful*ness, n.

Reproachless
(Re*proach"less), a. Being without reproach.

Reprobacy
(Rep"ro*ba*cy) n. Reprobation. [R.]

Reprobance
(Rep"ro*bance) n. Reprobation. [Obs.] Shak.

Reprobate
(Rep"ro*bate) a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
Jer. vi. 30.

2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.

And strength, and art, are easily outdone
By spirits reprobate.
Milton.

3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." Shak.

Syn. — Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.

Reprobate
(Rep"ro*bate), n. One morally abandoned and lost.

I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Reprobate
(Rep"ro*bate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]


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