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English Dictionary: depraved	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for depraved
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depraved adj 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" Synonym(s): depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deprave \De*prave"\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depraved}; 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.] And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. --Piers Plowman. 2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt. Whose pride depraves each other better part. --Spenser. Syn: To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.