reprobation
/ˌɹɛpɹəˈbeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval, reproof or censure.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment; damnation.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin."
- "the profligate pretences upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation."
- "Mrs. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings, which seemed to her either "quite splendid" or "really too bad for words." She used to paste these into books, or send them to her friends, having first drawn a broad bar in blue pencil down the margin, a proceeding which signified equally and indistinguishably the depths of her reprobation or the heights of her approval."