depraved

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depraved

  • /dɪˈpɹeɪvd/ UK

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of deprave

adjective more depraved · most depraved

  1. Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense. a depraved killer
  2. Violating principles of rectitude or given standards of decency. You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved.
  3. archaic Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal. The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […]

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Closest in meaning: perverted, evil, wicked, vicious, reprobate, immoral, perverse, unregenerate, incorrigible, unreformable, corrupt, corrupted, tainted, awful, horrible, horrific

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adj extremely wrong in a moral sense

Españoldepravado
한국어타락한 tarakhan
日本語堕落
中文堕落的 duòluò de
Portuguêsdepravado
Françaisdépravé
Deutschverdorben
Ελληνικάδιεφθαρμένος dieftharménos
Tiếng Việtđồi trụy

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@misc{depraved_2026,
  title = {depraved},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/depraved},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}