depravitynoun [ U or C ]
uk/dɪˈpræv.ə.ti/us/dɪˈpræv.ə.t̬i/the state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- impure
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- sinful
- wickedness
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Examples from literature
- An extraordinary theft was committed about the middle of the month, which very forcibly marked the inherent depravity of some of these miscreants.
- She may be accused of tenderness, but never of depravity.
- She sits with her eyes full of tears that never fall, and looks at me, when I displease her, as if I were a perfect monster of depravity.
- The horrible scenes of depravity he has witnessed in the barracks whence he has emerged, must have produced their natural effect on his mind.
- Unrestrained selfishness, while it naturally conserves the individual interests, in its ultimate tendencies, is the very essence of human depravity.