immoral

B2
US /ɪˈmɔɹəl/ UK /ɪˈmɒɹəl/
adj Freq #11475

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)

    Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

  2. 2
    adj

    deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

  3. 3
    adj

    not adhering to ethical or moral principles

Etymology

From im- + moral.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · breaching principles of... aberrantcorruptcorrupteddepraveddirty-handeddissoluteeffeteerrantimmodestimmoralimproperincontinent
3 adj · not adhering to ethical or... base
Opposites
decentmodestmoralproperseemlyvirtuous

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