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for depraved
From 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.]
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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.
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Whose pride depraves each other better part.
--Spenser.
Syn: To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.
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From 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]
From 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
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