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depravity
noun[ U or C ]
uk /dɪˈpræv.ə.ti/ us /dɪˈpræv.ə.t̬i/
the state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad道德败坏，堕落
Synonym
turpitudeformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
abhorrent
abhorrently
amoral
amorality
anomie
dissolute
dissolutely
dissoluteness
enormity
evil
nefariousness
no goodidiom
no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
non-ethical
obscene
trespass
turpitude
unconscionable
unconscionably
unethical
An extraordinary theft was committed about the middle of the month, which very forcibly marked the inherent depravity of some of these miscreants.
She may be accused of tenderness, but never of depravity.
She sits with her eyes full of tears that never fall, and looks at me, when I displease her, as if I were a perfect monster of depravity.
The horrible scenes of depravity he has witnessed in the barracks whence he has emerged, must have produced their natural effect on his mind.
Unrestrained selfishness, while it naturally conserves the individual interests, in its ultimate tendencies, is the very essence of human depravity.
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