deprave
verb (used with object)
to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
depraving
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present participleof deprave.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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For they wax more proud, more wayward, more envious, suspicious, misjudging and depraving other men, with the delight of their own praise, and such other spiritual vices of the soul.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens
The effect of this is depraving: it contracts the soul, misdirects its energies, and blunts the edge of its spiritual sensibility.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Francis Augustus Cox
The depraving effects of this freedom of divorce upon both sexes, may be easily imagined.
From The Women of the Arabs by Charles S. (Charles Seymour) Robinson
But can only say that first we should get rid of all this depraving luxury.
From The Light Shines in Darkness by Aylmer Maude
Besides, how much slovenly thinking, which is slovenly expressed—vexing the public ear and depraving the taste and understanding of the reader—would never appear if the writer had to append his signature to his production?
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
