deprave
Lead to wickedness
To deprave is to corrupt morally, to make someone wicked or debased.
The word appears most often in legal and religious contexts: material that might deprave and corrupt those exposed to it.
Depraved describes someone or something thoroughly corrupted: a depraved killer, depraved indifference to human life.
The noun depravity names the resulting state of moral corruption.
Dishonest, open to bribes
- pervertCorrupt or distort
- debaseLower in quality
- vitiateTo invalidate or debase
- warpBend from true form
taint · poison · contaminate · pollute · subvert · seduce · mislead · lead astray
Corrupt through vice
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- licentiousSexually unrestrained behavior
- libertineOne lacking moral restraint
decadent · dissipated · rakish · wanton · sinful · wicked · vile · base
Yielding to desire
- excessSurplus beyond need
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
dissipation · licentiousness · lewdness · carnality · lasciviousness · sensuality · voluptuousness · sybaritism
corrupt
Dishonest, open to bribes
warp · taint · poison · contaminate · pollute · subvert · seduce · mislead · lead astray · entice
debauch
Corrupt through vice
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- licentiousSexually unrestrained behavior
libertine · decadent · dissipated · rakish · wanton · sinful · wicked · vile · base · ignoble
indulgence
Yielding to desire
- excessSurplus beyond need
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
intemperance · dissipation · licentiousness · lewdness · carnality · lasciviousness · sensuality · voluptuousness · sybaritism · self-indulgence
- total depravityHumanity's complete moral corruption
- human depravityInherent wickedness of people
- depraved indifferenceCriminal disregard for life
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