DEPRAVED

depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

depraved

simple past tense and past participle of deprave

Adjective

depraved (comparative more depraved, superlative most depraved)

Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.

(archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.

Anagrams

• pervaded

Source: Wiktionary


DEPRAVE

De*prave", n. t. [imp. & p. p. Depraved; p. pr. & vb. n. Depraving.] Etym: [L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.]

1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.] And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. Piers Plowman.

2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt. Whose pride depraves each other better part. Spenser.

Syn.

– To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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