Deprave

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To debase, especially morally; corrupt. See Synonyms at corrupt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To speak ill of
  • v. to make (a situation) bad or worse
  • v. to corrupt
  • v. to depreciate
  • v. to malign
  • v. to revile
  • v. to vitiate
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
  • v. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pervert; distort; speak evil of; misreport; calumniate; vilify.
  • To make bad or worse; pervert; vitiate; corrupt: as, to deprave the heart, mind, understanding, will, tastes, etc.; to deprave the morals, government, laws, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  • Verb Form
    depraved    depraves    depraving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter   
    Hyponym
    sensualise    bastardize    sensualize    infect    lead astray    lead off    poison    carnalize    carnalise    bastardise   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pollute    vitiate    contaminate    corrupt    immoral   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dave    Wave    aftershave    behave    brave    cave    concave    crave    engrave    enslave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sinful    corrupt    degrade    profligate    selfish    repulsive    degenerate    unprincipled    despicable    cowardly