morally bad or debased; corrupt; perverted
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de•praved
(di prāvd′),USA pronunciation adj.
de•praved•ly
(di prāvd′lē, -prā′vid-),USA pronunciation adv.
de•praved′ness, n.
- corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- 1585–95; deprave + -ed2
- evil, sinful, debased, reprobate, degenerate; dissolute, profligate; licentious, lewd. See immoral.
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de•prave /dɪˈpreɪv/USA pronunciation
v. [ ~ + obj], -praved, -prav•ing.
de•prav•i•ty /dɪˈprævɪti/USA pronunciation n. [noncount;
count]pl. -ties.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to make evil; corrupt.
de•prav•i•ty /dɪˈprævɪti/USA pronunciation n. [noncount;
count]pl. -ties.
de•prave
(di prāv′),USA pronunciation v.t., -praved, -prav•ing.
dep•ra•va•tion
(dep′rə vā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
de•prav′er, n.
de•prav′ing•ly, adv.
- to make morally bad or evil; vitiate;
corrupt. - [Obs.]to defame.
- Latin dēprāvāre to pervert, corrupt, equivalent. to dē- de- + prāv(us) crooked + -āre infinitive suffix
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English depraven (1325–75
de•prav′ing•ly, adv.
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to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate to defame; slander
'depraved' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Babylonian
- Neronize
- bad
- bestial
- bouzouki
- corrupt
- debauch
- debauched
- depravity
- devil
- disease
- evil
- graceless
- immoral
- miscreant
- nondepraved
- obscene
- putrid
- reprobate
- self-depraved
- sinful
- sordid
- turpitude
- undepraved
- unholy
- unwholesome
- vice
- vicious
- vile
- wicked
- wrong