immoral B2 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment US /ɪˈmɔɹəl/ UK /ɪˈmɒɹəl/ See IPA manual Freq #11475 Meanings 1 adj Morally wrong; not following accepted rules of right behaviour. Many people felt it was immoral to make money from other people's suffering. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · morally wrong; not... corruptdepravedimproper ↔ Opposites decentmodestmoralproperseemlyvirtuous Etymology AI details From im- + moral. Topics Ethics & Social Judgment External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # immoral **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪˈmɔɹəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪˈmɒɹəl/ **Frequency rank:** 11475 ## Meanings 1. Morally wrong; not following accepted rules of right behaviour. ## Examples - Many people felt it was immoral to make money from other people's suffering. ## Antonyms - decent - modest - moral - proper - seemly - virtuous ## Etymology From im- + moral. ## AI Etymology Immoral comes from im- + moral. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main sense is “Morally wrong; not following accepted rules of right behaviour”. ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment markdown