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deprave
depraveto make morally bad or evil Not to be confused with:deprive – to withhold something from another; strip, divestde·prave D0145100 (dĭ-prāv′)tr.v. de·praved, de·prav·ing, de·praves To debase, especially morally; corrupt. See Synonyms at corrupt. [Middle English depraven, to corrupt, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre : dē-, de- + prāvus, crooked.] dep′ra·va′tion (dĕp′rə-vā′shən) n.de·prav′er n.deprave (dɪˈpreɪv) vb (tr) 1. to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate2. obsolete to defame; slander[C14: from Latin dēprāvāre to distort, corrupt, from de- + prāvus crooked] depravation n deˈpraver nde•prave (dɪˈpreɪv) v.t. -praved, -prav•ing. 1. to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt. 2. Obs. to defame. [1325–75; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin dēprāvāre to pervert, corrupt =dē- de- + -pravāre, derivative of prāvus crooked] dep•ra•va•tion (ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃən) n. de•prav′er, n. deprave Past participle: depraved Gerund: depraving
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I deprave | you deprave | he/she/it depraves | we deprave | you deprave | they deprave |
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I depraved | you depraved | he/she/it depraved | we depraved | you depraved | they depraved |
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I am depraving | you are depraving | he/she/it is depraving | we are depraving | you are depraving | they are depraving |
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I have depraved | you have depraved | he/she/it has depraved | we have depraved | you have depraved | they have depraved |
Past Continuous |
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I was depraving | you were depraving | he/she/it was depraving | we were depraving | you were depraving | they were depraving |
Past Perfect |
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I had depraved | you had depraved | he/she/it had depraved | we had depraved | you had depraved | they had depraved |
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I will deprave | you will deprave | he/she/it will deprave | we will deprave | you will deprave | they will deprave |
Future Perfect |
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I will have depraved | you will have depraved | he/she/it will have depraved | we will have depraved | you will have depraved | they will have depraved |
Future Continuous |
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I will be depraving | you will be depraving | he/she/it will be depraving | we will be depraving | you will be depraving | they will be depraving |
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I have been depraving | you have been depraving | he/she/it has been depraving | we have been depraving | you have been depraving | they have been depraving |
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I will have been depraving | you will have been depraving | he/she/it will have been depraving | we will have been depraving | you will have been depraving | they will have been depraving |
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I had been depraving | you had been depraving | he/she/it had been depraving | we had been depraving | you had been depraving | they had been depraving |
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I would deprave | you would deprave | he/she/it would deprave | we would deprave | you would deprave | they would deprave |
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I would have depraved | you would have depraved | he/she/it would have depraved | we would have depraved | you would have depraved | they would have depraved | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | deprave - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvertalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"carnalise, sensualise, sensualize, carnalize - debase through carnal gratificationinfect - corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"lead astray, lead off - teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"poison - spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"bastardise, bastardize - change something so that its value declines; for example, art formssuborn - incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife" |
depraveverb corrupt, pervert, degrade, seduce, subvert, debase, demoralize, debauch, brutalize, lead astray, vitiate material likely to deprave those who hear or read itdepraveverbTo ruin utterly in character or quality:animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp.TranslationsMedicalSeedepravationdeprave
Synonyms for depraveverb corruptSynonyms- corrupt
- pervert
- degrade
- seduce
- subvert
- debase
- demoralize
- debauch
- brutalize
- lead astray
- vitiate
Synonyms for depraveverb to ruin utterly in character or qualitySynonyms- animalize
- bastardize
- bestialize
- brutalize
- canker
- corrupt
- debase
- debauch
- demoralize
- pervert
- stain
- vitiate
- warp
Synonyms for depraveverb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensualitySynonyms- corrupt
- debase
- debauch
- demoralise
- demoralize
- misdirect
- pervert
- profane
- vitiate
- subvert
Related Words- alter
- change
- modify
- carnalise
- sensualise
- sensualize
- carnalize
- infect
- lead astray
- lead off
- poison
- bastardise
- bastardize
- suborn
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