Definition of 'immoral'
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immoral in British English
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immorally (imˈmorally)
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(ɪˈmɔrəl, ɪˈmɑr-)
adjective
SYNONYMS bad, wicked, dissolute, dissipated, profligate. immoral, abandoned, depraved describe one who makes no attempt to curb self-indulgence. immoral, referring to conduct, applies to one who acts contrary to or does not obey or conform
to standards of morality; it may also mean licentious and perhaps dissipated. abandoned, referring to condition, applies to one hopelessly, and usually passively, sunk in
wickedness and unrestrained appetites. depraved, referring to character, applies to one who voluntarily seeks evil and viciousness.
immoral, amoral, nonmoral, and unmoral are sometimes confused with one another. immoral means not moral and connotes evil or licentious behavior. amoral, nonmoral, and unmoral, virtually synonymous although the first is by far the most common form, mean utterly
lacking in morals (either good or bad), neither moral nor immoral. However, since,
in some contexts, there is a stigma implicit in a complete lack of morals, being amoral,
nonmoral, or unmoral is sometimes considered just as reprehensible as being immoral1.
violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics
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immoral
British English: immoral
/ɪˈmɒrəl/ ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone or their behaviour as immoral, you mean that their behaviour is bad or wrong.
- American English: immoral /ɪˈmɔrəl/
- Arabic: لا أَخْلاقِيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: imoral
- Chinese: 不道德的
- Croatian: nemoralan
- Czech: nemorální
- Danish: moralsk
- Dutch: immoreel
- European Spanish: inmoral
- Finnish: moraaliton
- French: immoral
- German: unmoralisch
- Greek: ανήθικος
- Italian: immorale
- Japanese: 不道徳な
- Korean: 부도덕한
- Norwegian: umoralsk
- Polish: niemoralny
- European Portuguese: imoral
- Romanian: imoral
- Russian: аморальный
- Latin American Spanish: inmoral
- Swedish: omoralisk
- Thai: ซึ่งผิดศีลธรรม
- Turkish: ahlak dışı
- Ukrainian: аморальний
- Vietnamese: trái đạo đức
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