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depraved

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de·praved  (d-prvd)
adj.
Morally corrupt; perverted.

de·praved·ly (-prvd-l, -prvdl) adv.

depraved [dɪˈpreɪvd]
adj
morally bad or debased; corrupt; perverted
depravedness  [dɪˈpreɪvɪdnɪs] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.depraved - 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"
corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"

depraved
Translations
depraved [dɪˈpreɪvd] ADJdepravado
depraved [dɪˈpreɪvd] adj [person] → dépravé(e)
depraved
depraved [dɪˈpreɪvd] adj (frm) → depravato/a
depraved [dɪˈpreɪvd] adj (frm) → depravato/a


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How often when considering her character I have told myself that I was to blame for not understanding her, for not understanding that constant composure and complacency and lack of all interests or desires, and the whole secret lies in the terrible truth that she is a depraved woman.
But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments, and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
What he said had a hateful truth in it, and another defect of my character is that I enjoy the company of those, however depraved, who can give me a Roland for my Oliver.
 
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