depraved

[dih-preyvd]

adjective

1. corrupt, wicked, or perverted.

   Synonyms: lewd, licentious, profligate, dissolute, degenerate, reprobate, sinful, evil

depraved

/ dɪˈpreɪvɪdnɪs, dɪˈpreɪvd /

adjective

1. morally bad or debased; corrupt; perverted

Other Word Forms

• depravedly adverb
• depravedness noun
• nondepraved adjective
• self-depraved adjective
• undepraved adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of depraved¹

First recorded in 1585–95; deprave + -ed ²

Synonym Study

See immoral.

Example Sentences

The trial judge described him as "depraved", "arrogant" and a "bully".

From BBC

Etoria and four other individuals - from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen - were described by the US government as "depraved monsters" when they were expelled to Eswatini in southern Africa in July.

From BBC

Police said blackmailing children into sending increasingly depraved pictures of themselves became the unemployed 22-year-old's "full-time job" from his bedroom at his parent's house in Wigan.

From BBC

Department of Homeland Security, which called him a “depraved illegal alien who should have never been in this country,” in a post on X earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times

In a series of posts on the X social media platform, McLaughlin listed the crimes the five deported to Eswatini had been convicted of, describing them as "depraved monsters" who had been "terrorizing American communities".

From BBC

Related Words

• lewd 
• nefarious 
• shameless 
• sinful 
• vicious 
• vile 
• wanton 
• warped 
• wicked