Antonyms for immoral
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ih-mawr-uhl, ih-mor- |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɔr əl, ɪˈmɒr- |
Definition of immoral
Origin :- 1650s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not" + moral (adj.). Related: Immorally.
- adj evil, degenerate
- I make no excuse for this immoral act, and ask no one to say I did right.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- To him all forms of betting were highly disastrous—most immoral.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- In the event of failure such outbreaks are punished, but they are not regarded as immoral.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- There were no young girls present, as the piece was too immoral.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- You think I hold that to be unnatural because it is immoral?
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- On the contrary, I hold it to be immoral because it is contrary to nature.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- "Immoral," has that a meaning from the moment that we do nothing which we are not obliged to do?
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
- The story that suicide is wrong and immoral is, like other things, to be taken with reservation.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- That affair she was talking about—she and the man when they were young, so immoral!
- Extract from : « The Silver Box (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- Men only began to suspect that they were fictions when they recognised them to be immoral.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
Synonyms for immoral
- abandoned
- bad
- corrupt
- debauched
- depraved
- dishonest
- dissipated
- dissolute
- fast
- graceless
- impure
- indecent
- iniquitous
- lewd
- licentious
- loose
- nefarious
- obscene
- of easy virtue
- pornographic
- profligate
- rakish
- reprobate
- saturnalian
- shameless
- sinful
- speedy
- unchaste
- unclean
- unethical
- unprincipled
- unscrupulous
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wicked
- wrong
- X-rated
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