reprobate
/ˈreprəbeɪt/noun
उच्चारण रेप्रबेट
दुराचारी, पापी
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[C] formal or humorous
a person who behaves in a way that society thinks is morally wrong
दुराचारी, पापी
- an old reprobate
- The village regarded the drunken old reprobate as a lost cause.
- The neighbours called him a lazy reprobate who never worked.
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- Every village story has a reprobate that parents warn their children about.
- The old reprobate was finally asked to leave the club.
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[T] formal
to express strong disapproval of somebody or something
निंदा करना
- His conduct was reprobated.
- The council reprobated the shopkeepers who cheated customers.
- The editorial reprobated the practice of cheating in public exams.
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- Leaders of all parties reprobated the violence.
- Such behaviour should be strongly reprobated by society.
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Keep the bad-person words together: reprobate, scoundrel, rogue, knave (old-fashioned, a dishonest man), cad (a man who behaves badly towards women), villain.
बुरे व्यक्ति के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: reprobate, scoundrel, rogue, knave (पुराना, बेईमान आदमी), cad (स्त्रियों के प्रति बुरा व्यवहार करने वाला), villain।
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A morally bad person is a reprobate, scoundrel or rogue; a person who leads an immoral life a libertine or debauchee; a person of excellent qualities a paragon.
नैतिक रूप से बुरा व्यक्ति reprobate, scoundrel या rogue; अनैतिक जीवन जीने वाला libertine या debauchee; उत्कृष्ट गुणों वाला paragon।