Deprave
[dɪ'preɪv] or [dɪ'prev]
Definition
(n. t.) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
(n. t.) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
Editor: Peter
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Vitiate, corrupt, contaminate, demoralize, make bad.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DEBASE]
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Definition
v.t. to make bad or worse: to corrupt.—n. Depravā′tion act of depraving: state of being depraved: depravity.—adj. Deprāved′ corrupt.—adv. Deprāv′edly.—ns. Deprāv′edness; Deprave′ment vitiation.—adv. Deprāv′ingly.—n. Deprav′ity a vitiated or corrupt state of moral character: extreme wickedness: corruption: (theol.) the hereditary tendency of man toward sin: original sin.
Editor: Val
Examples
- But, Cousin, consider that, if you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very faSt. Delicacy! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Did you believe that young creature was so depraved? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is a very depraved taste, I suppose, but I am very fond of curry. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I was not depraved enough to determine immediately on a new choice, and yet I often thought about it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But so depraved a child,--are you not afraid she will teach her some mischief? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What do you mean by depraved? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery; had he not murdered my brother? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Editor: Will