| Main Entry: | immoral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evil, degenerate |
Synonyms: |
X-rated, 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 |
| Notes: | a person who is amoral does not understand the difference between right and wrong, so it means that one is neither moral nor immoral, while a person who is immoral understands the difference but does wrong anyway; amoral means 'not concerned with morality' while immoral means 'not conforming to moral standards' or 'evil' immortal means not subject to death, while immoral means violating principles of right and wrong or not adhering to ethical or moral principles |
Antonyms: |
chaste, good, moral, noble, pure, right, uncorrupt, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | abandoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free from moral restraint; uninhibited |
Synonyms: |
corrupt, depraved, dissolute, immoral, incontinent, incorrigible, licentious, profligate, shameless, sinful, uncontrolled, unprincipled, unrestrained, wanton, wicked, wild |
Antonyms: |
chaste, innocent, moral, pure, restrained, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | adulterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfaithful |
Synonyms: |
cheating, double-crossing, extracurricular, fast and loose, illicit, immoral, moonlighting, speedy*, two-faced, two-timing, unchaste |
Antonyms: |
chaste, clean, pure, virginal |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
Synonyms: |
abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, grovelling, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched |
Antonyms: |
good, honest, moral, noble |
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lawless, felonious |
Synonyms: |
bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base, out of line, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat, wrong |
Antonyms: |
correct, lawful, legal, moral, right, righteous |
| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evil, satanic |
Synonyms: |
atrocious, bad, corrupt, damnable, foul, hellish, horrible, immoral, infamous, infernal, nefarious, sinful, sinister, vile, wicked |
Antonyms: |
good, moral |
| Main Entry: | debauched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | violated, corrupted |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, corrupt, debased, defiled, degenerate, degraded, depraved, deteriorated, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gone bad, gone to the dogs, immoral, in the gutter, licentious, perverted, profligate, reprobate, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, wicked |
Antonyms: |
clean, cleansed, improved, pure, purified, uncorrupt, unpolluted, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | decadent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, self-indulgent |
Synonyms: |
debased, debauched, decaying, declining, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, gone bad, gone to the dogs, immoral, lost, moribund, overripe, perverted, wanton, wicked |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, deteriorated |
Synonyms: |
base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degenerated, degraded, demeaned, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, flatitious, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, overripe, perverted, retrograde, retrogressive, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, vitiated, wicked, worsen |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
Antonyms: |
moral, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, pornographic |
Synonyms: |
base, blue, coarse, contemptible, despicable, filthy, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, low, mean, nasty, off-color, ribald, risqué, salacious, scatological, scurvy, smutty, sordid, squalid, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly, vile, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
clean, moral, upright |