depraved

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}]
    

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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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