Antonyms for depraved
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : dih-preyvd |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈpreɪvd |
Definition of depraved
Origin :- late 14c., "corrupt, lead astray, pervert," from Old French depraver (14c.) or directly from Latin depravare "distort, disfigure;" figuratively "to pervert, seduce, corrupt," from de- "completely" (see de-) + pravus "crooked." Related: Depraved; depraving.
- adj corrupt, immoral
- So hard it is, even for the most depraved, to stifle the last embers of the moral sense.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- Judging from your associate, I might with justice think you depraved.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The most depraved of mortals has his moments of the higher vision.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
- Then we should have had a drastic representation of the depraved derelicts.
- Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
- He appealed to Zinzendorf, and found to his dismay that the Count was as depraved as the rest.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- All of you, back on Earth, were vicious and depraved criminals.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- Bradshaw has been depraved by the moral atmosphere of Germany.
- Extract from : « A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories » by William D. Howells
- But so depraved a child,—are you not afraid she will teach her some mischief?
- Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The meaning of three or four words is forced, changed, and depraved—and all is said.
- Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
- If she has played the fool, it was with you, and no other man: it is not as if she was depraved.
- Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
Synonyms for depraved
- 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
- perverted
- profligate
- putrid
- rotten
- shameless
- sinful
- twisted
- unhealthy
- unnatural
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- vitiate
- vitiated
- wanton
- warped
- wicked
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