- depraved
- adjective Date: 14th century marked by corruption or evil; especially perverted • depravedly adverb • depravedness noun
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depraved — de·praved /di prāvd/ adj: marked by moral corruption or perversion as shown by a capacity for extreme and wanton physical cruelty the depraved state of mind of the murderer the depraved nature of the crime Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… … Law dictionary
depraved — debased, vitiated, corrupted, corrupt, debauched, perverted (see under DEBASE) Analogous words: dissolute, *abandoned, reprobate, profligate: degenerate, infamous, villainous, *vicious: degraded, debased (see ABASE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
depraved — [adj] corrupt, immoral abandoned, bad, base, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dirty*, dirty minded, dissolute, evil, fast*, filthy*, flagitous, gone to the dogs*, kinky*, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious,… … New thesaurus
depraved — [dēprāvd′, diprāvd′] adj. morally bad; corrupt; perverted depravedly [dēprā′vid lē, diprā′vid lē] adv … English World dictionary
depraved — adjective the depraved patrons of these sex shops Syn: corrupt, perverted, deviant, degenerate, debased, immoral, unprincipled; debauched, dissolute, licentious, lecherous, prurient, indecent, sordid; wicked, sinful, vile, iniquitous … Thesaurus of popular words
Depraved — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Depraved (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on Depraved instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/Depraved … Wikipedia
depraved — [[t]dɪpre͟ɪvd[/t]] ADJ GRADED Depraved actions, things, or people are morally bad or evil. It has been condemned as the most disturbing and depraved film of its kind... She described it as the work of depraved and evil criminals. Syn: immoral,… … English dictionary
Depraved — Deprave De*prave (d[ e]*pr[=a]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depraved} (d[ e]*pr[=a]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Depraving}.] [L. depravare, depravatum; de + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.] 1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
depraved — de|praved [dıˈpreıvd] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: deprave to make evil (14 21 centuries), from French dépraver, from Latin pravus bent, bad ] completely evil or morally unacceptable ▪ a killer s depraved mind >depravity [dıˈprævıti] n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
depraved — adjective completely evil or morally unacceptable: a vicious and depraved man … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
depraved — adjective deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good depraved criminals a perverted sense of loyalty the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat • Syn: ↑perverse, ↑perverted, ↑reprobate • Similar … Useful english dictionary
