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Reprobate

Definition: Reprobate

Reprobate

Adjective

1. Marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat".

Noun

1. A person without moral scruples.

Verb

1. Reject as invalid, as of documents.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "reprobate" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Reprobate

DomainDefinition

Bible

Reprobate that which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer. 6:30; Heb. 6:8; Gr. adokimos, "rejected"). This word is also used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because they have failed to make use of opportunities offered them (1 Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor. 13:5-7). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Reprobate

Synonyms: depraved (adj), immoral (adj), perverse (adj), perverted (adj), miscreant (n). (additional references)
Antonym: approbate (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Reprobate

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Bad Man

Scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, scallawag.

Disapprobation

Blame; lay blame upon, cast blame upon; censure, fronder, reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn.

Impiety

Un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate; hardened, perverted, reprobate.

The wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate; sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one; children of darkness.

Vice

Incorrigible, irreclaimable, obdurate, reprobate, past praying for; culpable, reprehensible; (guilty).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Reprobate

English words defined with "reprobate": black sheepdepravedimmoralperverse, pervertedReprobated, Reprobateness, Reprobatingscapegrace. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Reprobate

"Reprobate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 72.22% of the time. "Reprobate" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)72.22%1397,576
Adjective (general or positive)16.67%3202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)5.56%1339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)5.56%1339,140
                    Total100.00%18N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Reprobate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

reprobate

16

mind reprobate

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Modern Translation: Reprobate

Language Translations for "reprobate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kopuk (bad character, blackguard, cad, knave, miscreant, rapscallion, rascal, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, varmint, villain), i paskrupull (unprincipled, unscrupulous), i pamoralshëm (bad, immoral), horr (cad, knave, rat, rough neck, ruffian, scoundrel, villain). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مقدر عليه الهلاك, ‏نبذ (cashier, centrifuge, dereliction, discard, dismiss, dismissal, forsake, reject, rejection, relegate, scrap, slough, throw away), ‏قدر الله عليه الهلاك, ‏إستهجن (censure, disapprove, inform against, shrug, thumbs down), ‏إستنكر (censure, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, mow, reprove, show up), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down), ‏شخص شرير (devil), ‏شرير (bad, black, black-hearted, dark, devil, diabolic, diabolical, evil, ill, iniquitous, maleficent, malicious, malign, nasty, naughty, rascally, rogue, roguish, rude, sinister, spiteful, unholy, vicious, wicked). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

развратен (abandoned, debauched, dissolute, fast, filthy, goatish, immoral, impure, lax, lecherous, lewd, lickerish, perverted, profligate, rakish, scarlet, sporty), отхвърлям някого, окаян човек (wretch), окаян (abject, beggarly, deplorable, despicable, forlorn, miserable, squalid, wretched), загубен човек, загубен (lost), безпътен човек, безпътен (abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, immodest, profligate, unsteady), порицавам (anathematize, blame, censure, criminate, decry, lash, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, upbraid, wig), подлец (bastard, blackguard, caitiff, creep, dastard, hangdog, ratface, recreant, scoundrel, skunk, sneak, sneaker, snot, twerp, villain, wretch, yellow dog), изоставам някого. (various references)

   

Czech

  

zpustlík (libertine, rake), zavrhnout (cast away, cast off, discard, proscribe, reject, repudiate, throw over), odsoudit (condemn, convict, criticize, denounce, judge, sentence), mravnì zkažený èlovìk. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فاسد (Corrupt, Dissolute, Gamy, Immoral, Perverse, Putrid, Rake, Rancid, Reechy, Rotten, Sedition, Sinister, Untoward, Vicious, Vile, Villainous), محرومیت (Privation, Proscription), مردود (Castaway, Washout), هرزه (Bawdy, Dissolute, Harlot, Immoral, Lascivious, Lewd, Libertine, Licentious, Loose, Perverse, Profligate, Prurient, Rake, Rakish, Ribald, Salacious, Sordid), بداخلاق (Acid, Bad, Dissolute, Immoral, Impatient, Licentious, Moody, Rabid, Rake, Vile). (various references)

   

French

  

réprouver (reject, reprove), dépravé. (various references)

   

German

  

verwerfen (abolish, abort, brush aside, condemn, discard, dismiss, overrule, quash, reject, rejection, to overrule, to reprobate), verkommen (abandoned, become dilapidated, become dissolute, become run-down, become spoiled, decay, depraved, deteriorate, dilapidated, fall to pieces, go bad, go to pieces, go to the bad, go to the dogs, go to waste, reprobated, reprobately, run wild, scrofulous, sleazy, sordid, to reprobate, wild). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατακρίνω (blame, censure, deprecate, reproach, reprove), καταδικάζω (condemn, convict, damn, doom, sentence), φαύλοσ (corrupt, flagitious, nefarious, pervert, scoundrelly, sinister, unrighteous, vicious, vile, villain, villainous, wanton, wicked), εξώλησ (roue), αποδοκιμάζω (boo, deprecate, disapprove, disapprove of, discountenance, disfavor, disfavour, hiss, hoot, reprehend, take a dim view). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חוטא (peccant, sinful, sinner, wrongdoer). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kárhozott ember, elkárhozott, elkárhozott ember, elvetemült (blackguardly, caitiff, desperado), elvetemült ember, elvetendő, elfogadhatatlan (inadmissible, ineligible, unacceptable), kárhozott, semmirekellõ (ne'er do well, ne'er-do-weel, rotter, scamp), kitaszított (abject, castaway, he is beyond the pale, outcast), mihaszna (piffling, rotter, scalawag, scallawag, scallywag), mihaszna gazember, mihaszna szoknyavadász, semmirekellő (beach-comber, blighter, jerk-off, miscreant, rep, rotter, scalawag, scallawag, scallywag, wrong'un), semmirekellő gazember, haszontalan (barren, feckless, fiddling, frivolous, futile, good for nothing, helpless, idle, ineffectual, ne'er do well, ne'er-do-weel, null, otiose, punk, unavailable, unavailing, unhelpful). (various references)

   

Italian

  

riprovare (censure, feel again, try again), canaglia (bounder, rascal, riffraff, scamp, scoundrel, sod, villain), biasimare (blame, censure, condemn, disapprove, disapprove of, rebuke, reprove, scorch). (various references)

   

Manx

  

rag-rannee (cad, crook, good-for-nothing, rascal, rogue, tough), mac-imshee. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eprobateray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

reprovar (admonish, condemn, disapprove, plough, rebuke, throw-out), rejeitar (cast off, condemn, confute, daff, deny, disapprove, disavow, disclaim, get up the better, negative, overrule, pill, pip, put by, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, throw-out, turn down), reimpermeabilizar (reprove), recusar (balk, challenge, confute, decline, deny, dismiss, pill, pish, put back, rebut, refuse, reject, repulse, set aside, turn down, withhold), réprobo (offcast, sinful), precito, patife (caitiff, cheat, crook, heavy, knave, mean-spirited, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rascal, rascally, rogue, rotter, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scoundrelly, spalpeen, vagabond, villain, wretch), malvado (bad, black-hearted, candle-wick, evil, felon, felonious, flagitious, heavy, ill-conditioned, malicious, mean, mean-spirited, mischievous, nasty, nefarious, perverse, scoundrelly, vicious, villain, wicked, wrong), desaprovar (deprecate, disallow, disapprove, discountenance, disfavor, disfavour, negative, object, rebuke), condenar (adjudge, attaint, condemn, convict, cuss, damn, denounce, devote, doom, misdeem, sentence). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ticãlos (a bad egg, base, cad, canting, cur, dark, dirty, felon, foul, heel, hound, impious, kite, knave, knavish, knavishly, low-minded, mean, meanly, miscreant, paltry, perverse, picaroon, rapscallion, rascal, rascally, recreant, ruffian, scab, scabby, scamp, scoundrel, scurvy, serpentine, shabby, skunk, sneak, sneaking, vile, villain, villainous, wretch, wretched), secãturã (cad, good for nothing, ne'er do well, rotter, scapegrace, trifles), osândi la chinurile infernului, netrebnic (a dirty dog, good for nothing, knave, knavish, picaroon, rascal, scab, sneak, useless, vile, villain, worthless, wretch), nemernic (base, cad, caitiff, felon, foul, rascal, rascally, scamp, scoundrel, sneak, sneaking, son of a gun, villain, wretch, wretched), fals (apparent, artificial, bad, base, bogus, cant, colourable, counterfeit, deceitful, double dealing, dud, dummy, erroneous, erroneously, error, factitious, fake, false, falsehood, feigned, flash, forged, forgery, fraud, glossy, hollow, hollow-hearted, imitation, imposture, insincere, lying, mendacious, mistaken, mock, painted, phony, plugged, sham, spurious, sugary, tinsel, treacherous, trumpery, truthless, two faced, unnatural, unnaturally, untrue, wrong, wrongfully), dezaproba (censure, condemn, deprecate, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, disavow, discommend, discountenance, disfavor, disfavour, dispraise, reject), destrãbãlat (debauched, debauchee, dissipated, dissolute, lewd, libertine, lickerish, liquorish, loose, profligate, rake, reinless, unruly), desfrânat (abandoned, bad, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, incontinent, lewd, lickerish, lustful, man of pleasure, meretricious, profligate, raffish, rake, rakish, reinless, reveller, ribald, rioter, riotous, rip, ruttish, salacious, unchaste, unrestrained, unruly, wanton, whoremaster), derbedeu (rogue, scapegrace, scoundrel, tramp, truant, urchin, vagabond), condamna (adjudge, ban, blame, censure, condemn, convict, crime, decry, deprecate, fine, judge, reprove, sentence, vituperate). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

распутник распутный, отверженный (cast off, castaway, excommunicate, off-cast, outlaw, pariah), негодяй (brat, coyote, dastard, gallows bird, gallows-bird, hound, knave, loon, man of Belial, miscreant, rascal, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, spalpeen, villain, wretch), безнравственный (immoral, unmoral, unprincipled, wicked), подлый (base, dastardly, despicable, dirty, ignoble, mean, meanspirited, mean-spirited, rascally, reptile, scoundrelly, scummy, sneaking, vile, villainous, wormy), подлец (blackguard, coyote, dastard, dog, mean-spirited fellow, pimp, rascal, scoundrel, whoreson). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prokletnik, proklet (accursed, accurst, blasted, condemned, confounded, cursed, cussed, damn, damned, doomed, fey, maledictory), lažan (apocryphal, assumed, counterfeit, dummy, factitious, fake, faked, false, feigned, lying, mock, phoney, phony, pseudo, sham, spurious, supposititious, untruthful), izopačenik, izopačen (corrupted, deviant, garbled, perverse, perverted), bezočnik, bezočan (arrant, audacious, barefaced, impudent, nefarious). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reprobar (animadvert, blame, condemn, disapprove, disapprove of, lash out, rebuke, reproach, reprove, scold), recriminar (disburden, disencumber, exonerate, recriminate, reproach), réprobo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förtappad (lost), förkasta (cast off, denounce, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, jettison, kill, negative, overrule, reject, repudiate, throw overboard, turn down). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yoldan çıkmış (oblique, off base), serseri (adrift, beat, bum, bummer, dawdler, dosser, down and out, drifter, errant, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, gadabout, good for nothing, hobo, hoodlum, hooligan, landloper, larrikin, layabout, lowlife, ne'er do well, ne'er-do-weel, never-do-well, no good, outcast, punk, rambler, rascal, rogue, roguish, rounder, rover, runagate, stray, strayed, sundowner, swag man, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, varmint, wandering, yob), lanetlemek (anathematize, curse, damn, darn), kınamak (blame, cast reflection on smb., castigate, censure, condemn, decry, denounce, disapprove, fault, remonstrate, reprimand, reproach, reprove, slate, stigmatize, strafe), huzuruna kabul etmemek, hoşgörmemek (discountenance, frown, not to tolerate, reprove), günahkâr (erring, evil, evil doer, fallen, guilty, sacrilegious, sinful, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, ungodly, unrighteous, wicked, wrongdoer), ayıplamak (blame, cast reflection on smb., chide, condemn, dispraise, fault, reflect on, reflect upon, reproach, reprove), ahlaksız (abandoned, characterless, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dirty, disorderly, dissolute, frail, ill, immoral, impure, libertine, loose, low down, mean, purple, rascal, rascally, rep, unclean, uncleanly, unmoral, unprincipled, unregenerate, unscrupulous, vicious, wanton, wicked). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розпусник (debauchee, lecher, libertine, philanderer, profligate, ribald, roue, whipster, whore monger), гудити (blame, censure, condemn, decry, toot, worsen), відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, push back, rebut, reject, repudiate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away), осуджувати (animadvert, criticize, damn, denounce, disapprove, disfavor, disfavour, dispraise, impeach, judge, reprehend, reprove), нечестивець (castaway), нечестивий (castaway, godless, impious, irreligious, nefarious, profane, unholy, unrighteous, wicked), негідник (blackguard, cad, caitiff, cullion, gallows, miscreant, niddering, pimp, rascal, scoundrel, skunk, thief, varlet, wretch), аморальний (amoral, bad, immoral, libertine, licentious, non moral, unclean, unmoral), підлий (babylonian, base, base-born, beggarly, caddish, caitiff, cheap, dastard, dastardly, dishonorable, dishonourable, grimy, hangdog, hoggish, ignoble, low down, mean-spirited, nefarious, niddering, picayune, rascal, scabbed, scoundrel, scummy, scurvy, small, sneaking, sneaky, vile, yellow dog). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

kẻ phóng đãng truỵ lạc. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gwrthodedig (rejected). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Reprobate

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

damnatorum, damnatus, re-. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Reprobate

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 1, Verse 28
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai kaqwV ouk edokimasan ton qeon ecein en epignwsei paredwken autouV o qeoV eiV adokimon noun poiein ta mh kaqhkonta
Latin405VulgateEt sicut non probaverunt Deum habere in notitia tradidit eos Deus in reprobum sensum ut faciant quae non conveniunt
Old English990West SaxonEac, forðy him ne ðuhte hit nydðearflic Godes gemynd to behealdanne, ofergeaf he hie wiðerweardlicum mode swa þæt hi dydon þæt þe man don ne scylde.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd as thei preueden that thei hadden not God in knowyng, God bitook hem in to a repreuable wit, that thei do tho thingis that ben not couenable; that thei ben fulfillid with al wickidnesse,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBeinge full of all vnrighteous doinge of fornicacio wickednes coveteousnes maliciousnes full of envie morther debate disseyte evill codicioned whisperers
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Basic English1964OgdenAnd because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

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Matched Bible Translations: Reprobate

LanguageRomans Chapter 1, Verse 28
CebuanoUg kay nanagdumili man sila sa pag-ila kaniya ingon nga Dios, sila gitugyan sa Dios ngadto sa pagpanghunahuna nga dautan ug sa paggawi nga dili angay.
Chinese他 們 既 然 故 意 不 認 識   神 、   神 就 任 憑 他 們 存 邪 僻 的 心 、 行 那 些 不 合 理 的 事 .
CroatianI kako nisu smatrali vrijednim držati se spoznaje Boga, predade ih Bog nevaljanu umu te èine što ne dolikuje,
DanishOg ligesom de forkastede af have Gud i Erkendelse, således gav Gud dem hen i et forkasteligt Sind til at gøre det usømmelige,
DutchEn gelijk het hun niet goed gedacht heeft God in erkentenis te houden, zo heeft God hen overgegeven in een verkeerden zin, om te doen dingen, die niet betamen;
FinnishJa niinkuin heille ei kelvannut pitää kiinni Jumalan tuntemisesta, niin Jumala hylkäsi heidät heidän kelvottoman mielensä valtaan, tekemään sopimattomia.
FrenchComme ils ne se sont pas souciés de connaître Dieu, Dieu les a livrés leur sens réprouvé, pour commettre des choses indignes,
GermanUnd gleichwie sie nicht geachtet haben, daß sie Gott erkenneten, hat sie Gott auch dahingegeben in verkehrten Sinn, zu tun, was nicht taugt,
Haitian CreoleYo refize bay Bondye premye plas nan kè yo. Bondye tou kite yo tonbe anba pouvwa lespri yo ki fin deraye pou yo fè bagay yo pa t' dwe fè.
HungarianÉs a miképen nem méltatták az Istent arra, hogy ismeretökben megtartsák, azonképen oda adták õket az Isten méltatlan gondolkozásra, hogy illetlen dolgokat cselekedjenek;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOleh sebab manusia tidak merasa perlu mengenal Allah, maka Allah membiarkan pikiran mereka menjadi rusak, sehingga mereka melakukan hal-hal yang mereka tidak boleh lakukan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka sebab mereka itu enggan berpegangkan Allah di dalam marifatnya, maka mereka itu diserahkan Allah kepada angan-angan yang keji, sehingga melakukan barang yang tiada senonoh,
MaoriA i a ratou kihai nei i pai kia mau tonu te Atua ki o ratou mahara, tukua ana ratou e te Atua ki te hinengaro he, kia mahia nga mea kahore e tau kia mahia.
NorwegianOg likesom de ikke brydde sig om å eie Gud i kunnskap, så overgav Gud dem til et sinn som intet duer, så de gjorde det usømmelige:
PortugueseE assim como eles rejeitaram o conhecimento de Deus, Deus, por sua vez, os entregou a um sentimento depravado, para fazerem coisas que não convêm;   
RumanianFiindcq n`au cqutat sq pqstreze pe Dumnezeu kn cunowtinya lor, Dumnezeu i -a lqsat kn voia minyii lor blestemate, ca sq facq lucruri nekngqduite.
ShuarTura tuke Yúsan nakitiainia asamtai ti yajauch Enentáimiainiak penké Túrachminia nuna Túrawarti tusa Yus tsankatkarmiayi.
SwahiliKwa vile watu walikataa kumtambua Mungu, Mungu amewaacha katika fikira zao potovu, wakafanya yale ambayo hawangestahili kufanya.
SwedishOch eftersom de icke hade aktat det något värt att taga vara på sin kunskap om Gud, gav Gud dem till pris åt ett ovärdigt sinnelag, till att bedriva otillbörliga ting.
UmaApa' oja' -ra mpangaku' Alata'ala hi rala pekiri-ra, toe pai' Alata'ala mpelele' pekiri-ra jadi' mogero, alaa-na mpobabehi-ra to uma taoa-na rababehi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Reprobate

Derivations

Words beginning with "reprobate": reprobated, reprobates. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Reprobate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: repeobate, reprbate, reprebate, reprobare, reprobat, reprobatre, reprocate, retrobate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Reprobate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: perborate.

Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-o-p-r-r-t"

-1 letter: perorate.

-2 letters: aborter, operate, pearter, praetor, probate, prorate, rebater, reprobe, taborer, taperer.

-3 letters: aerobe, barret, barter, bearer, beater, berate, boater, borate, parrot, perter, porter, prater, pretor, prober, protea, raptor, reaper, rebate, rebato, rebore, repeat, report, retape, retear, retore, tearer, terrae.

-4 letters: abort, aport, apter, arbor, arete, barer, barre, beret, boart, borer, eater, etape, oater.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-o-p-r-r-t"
 

+1 letter: perborates, reportable, reprobated, reprobates.

 

+2 letters: reprobative.

 

+3 letters: baroreceptor, protuberance.

 

+4 letters: baroreceptors, interoperable, protuberances.

 

+5 letters: superabsorbent.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Bible Trace
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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