depravedadj.
/dɪˈpreɪvd/ 1. Rendered bad or worse; perverted, vitiated, debased, corrupt. Now chiefly of taste, appetite, and the like.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective]
werrarc1475
worser1495
decayeda1522
derogate1608
depraved1610
deteriorated1656
worserer1720
worsened1822
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective]
undisposedc1380
sicka1425
shrewdc1430
crazy1583
unsound1617
vitiated1620
depravate1665
depraveda1807
sickly1826
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. iv. 93 Wee take no notice of any other forme..but onely of this depraued shape.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 73 Convulsion is a depraved motion of the Muscles.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 209 She corrected a depraved place in St. Cyprian.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 268. ⁋4 If they would but correct their depraved Taste.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 34 A depraved Appetite, is when a person desires to eat and drink things that are unfit for food; as..earth, mortar, chalk, and such like things.
a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) 143 A moderately lively red..will appear brilliant, if surrounded by others of the same class but of a more depraved quality.
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 37 Fruit..every species here is dwindled in growth and depraved in flavour.
1883 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 2) xii. 105 The women are always in what may be vaguely called..depraved health.
2. spec. Rendered morally bad; corrupt, wicked.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]
sickc960
foulOE
unwholec1000
thewlessa1327
corrupt1340
viciousc1340
unwholesomec1374
infecta1387
rustyc1390
unsound?a1400
rottenc1400
rotten-heartedc1405
cankereda1450
infectedc1449
wasted1483
depravate?1520
poisoned1529
deformed1555
poisonous1555
reprobate1557
corrupted1563
prave1564
base-minded1573
tainted1577
Gomorrhean1581
vice-like1589
depraved1593
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
tarish1601
sunk1602
speckled1603
deboist1604
diseased1608
ulcerous1611
vitial1614
debauchc1616
deboise1632
pravous1653
depravea1711
unhealthy1821
scrofulous1842
septic1914
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > perverse > depraved or perverted
woughc888
forraughtc1175
perverteda1382
perversionatec1475
perversed1488
perverta1500
depravate?1520
reprobate1557
prave1564
Gomorrhean1581
depraved1593
wronged1619
prevaricate1635
pravitious1649
pravous1653
depravea1711
turpitudinous1935
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 70 Presuming man to be in regard of his depraued minde little better then a wild beast.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 806 So all shall turn degenerate, all deprav'd . View more context for this quotation
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 95 Depraved Creatures want to be renewed.
1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 11 The morals of the Court were most depraved.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 91 A place of resort for the worst and most depraved characters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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