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[syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deprave \De*prave"\ (d[-e]*pr[=a]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Depraved (d[-e]*pr[=a]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Depraving.]
[L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted,
perverse, wicked.]
1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
[Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide
Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. --Piers
Plowman.
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2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
[1913 Webster]
Whose pride depraves each other better part.
--Spenser.
Syn: To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
depraved
adj 1: deviating from what is considered moral or right or
proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense
of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling
aristocrat" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted,
reprobate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "depraved":
abandoned, abject, abominable, arrant, atrocious, base, beggarly,
cheesy, contaminated, contemptible, corrupt, corrupted, crummy,
debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, despicable,
dirty, disgusting, dissolute, execrable, flagitious, flagrant,
foul, fulsome, grave, gross, heinous, infamous, little, low,
low-down, lumpen, mangy, mean, measly, miscreant, miserable,
monstrous, morally polluted, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, paltry,
perverse, perverted, petty, poky, polluted, poor, profligate,
putrid, rank, reprobate, reptilian, rotten, scabby, scrubby,
scruffy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shoddy, small, squalid,
steeped in iniquity, tainted, twisted, unhealthy, unmentionable,
vice-corrupted, vicious, vile, villainous, vitiate, vitiated,
warped, wretched