depravedde‧praved /dɪˈpreɪvd/ adjective 
Word Origin
a killer’s depraved mind—depravity /dɪˈprævəti/ noun [uncountable]
Word OriginWORD ORIGINdepraved
ExamplesOrigin:
1500-1600 deprave ‘to make evil’ (14-21 centuries), from French dépraver, from Latin pravus ‘bent, bad’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- a depraved and wicked man
- He was described as dangerous and depraved and a menace to society.
- The film is about a psychiatrist who helps the police capture a depraved serial killer.
- He thought we were all depraved gamblers.
- How you corrupted a young and lovely woman ... and subjected her to the most shatteringly depraved treatment.
- It sits on top of a pyramid of related images of deviant women as especially evil, depraved and monstrous.
- Perhaps the lie drew its life from a human longing for those chills of horror which are depraved forms of religious awe.
- She felt now a dulled sense of degradation: she felt depraved and diminished and shrunken and old.
Longman Language Activatorwords for describing bad people or behaviour► bad
completely evil or morally unacceptable: use this about behaviour that is morally wrong, or about people who do things that are morally wrong: · In most movies, the bad guy gets caught in the end.· He had a bad influence on his younger brother.· Is there any crime worse than murdering a child?· It never occurred to Sally that the man had any bad intentions.
► immoral use this about actions that you believe are morally wrong and unacceptable, even if they are not illegal: · Many people think that testing cosmetics on animals is immoral.· To spend £23 billion on nuclear weapons is immoral, and a terrible waste of money.· Critics complain that the lyrics of the song encourage anti-social and immoral behavior.
► evil/wicked deliberately very bad and very cruel to other people: · Police described the crime as wicked and inhuman.· He was an evil man who felt no sympathy for his victims.
► no good informal use this about someone who is not at all honest, helpful, or kind: · That friend of yours is no good. I want you to stay away from her.· My first husband was a no-good, low-down son-of-a-bitch.
► sinister someone who is sinister looks bad or evil, so that other people are frightened of them: · Her dark eyes and evil laugh made her seem sinister.something sinister about somebody: · The man was dressed in a black suit and wore dark glasses. There was something sinister about him.
► twisted behaving in an unusually cruel and shocking way, that is not at all normal: · What kind of sick and twisted person would do such a thing?· Whoever sent you these disgusting letters must be twisted.
► depraved completely evil and morally unacceptable: · He was described as dangerous and depraved and a menace to society.· The film is about a psychiatrist who helps the police capture a depraved serial killer.
► perverted involving sexual behaviour or intentions that are considered immoral, unnatural, and harmful: · The newspaper has described the killer as perverted and sexually deviant.· They saw the affection she had for such an old man as unnatural and possibly perverted.
a killer’s depraved mind—depravity /dɪˈprævəti/ noun [uncountable]