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Upbraid vs Reprobate - What's the difference?

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Upbraid is a related term of reprobate.


As nouns the difference between upbraid and reprobate

is that upbraid is (obsolete) the act of reproaching; contumely while reprobate is one rejected by god; a sinful person.

As verbs the difference between upbraid and reprobate

is that upbraid is to criticize severely while reprobate is to have strong disapproval of something; to condemn.

As an adjective reprobate is

(rare) rejected; cast off as worthless.

upbraid

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.
  • * (rfdate),
    • Foul upbraid .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To criticize severely.
  • * Matthew 11:20 ,
    • Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.
  • * (rfdate),
    • How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
  • (archaic) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; – followed by with'' or ''for'', and formerly ''of , before the thing imputed.
  • * Mark 16:14 ,
    • And upbraided them with their unbelief.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet do not upbraid us our distress.
  • (obsolete) To treat with contempt.
    • (Spenser)
  • (obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; – with to before the person.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (archaic) To utter upbraidings.
  • To rise on the stomach; vomit; retch.

    • Synonyms

    * exprobrate, blame, censure, condemn, reproach

    reprobate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , past participle of reprobare.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless.
  • * Bible, Jer. vi. 30
    • Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
  • Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
  • * , ll. 696-7,
    • Strength and Art are easily out-done / By Spirits reprobate
  • Immoral, having no religious or principled character.
    • The reprobate criminal sneered at me.
  • * Milton
    • And strength, and art, are easily outdone / By spirits reprobate .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One rejected by God; a sinful person.
  • An individual with low morals or principles.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • I acknowledge myself for a reprobate , a villain, a traitor to the king.
  • * 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
    • "Good morning, Mrs. Denny," he said. "Wherefore this worried look on your face? Has that reprobate James been misbehaving himself?"
    Related terms
    * depraved

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) reprobare.

    Verb

    (reprobat)
  • To have strong disapproval of something; to condemn.
  • Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
  • To refuse, set aside.

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