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Definition of Depraved
1. Adjective. Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. "The reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
Similar to: Corrupt
Derivative terms: Depravity, Perverseness, Perversity, Reprobate
Definition of Depraved
1. Verb. (past of deprave) ¹
2. Adjective. Describing a person or action that is perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense. ¹
3. Adjective. Also corrupt in a moral sense, or disposition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depraved
1. deprave [v] - See also: deprave
Medical Definition of Depraved
1. Deteriorated or degenerate; corrupt. Origin: L. Depravo, to corrupt (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depraved
Literary usage of Depraved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1909)
"cussion, they would declare that some of them are seen to be worthless, and the
majority utterly depraved; thereupon we, inquiring into the cause of that ..."
2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"In what way guilty and depraved creatures can be delivered from wickedness and
... That man is also a depraved creature, and manifests that depravity in his ..."
3. First Lines of the Practice of Physic by William Cullen (1808)
"The diseases comprehended under it, depend, for the most part, upon a depraved
state ef the whole of the fluids, producing tumours, eruptions, ..."
4. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"A depraved taste in food is gratified with that which disgusts other people ...
A depraved taste in the arts is to be pleased with subjects which disgust ..."
5. Elements of Mental Philosophy by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1847)
"Illustration of the fact that there are the remains of conscientious feeling even
in the most depraved of men. But there is another view which is worthy of ..."
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