de·praved /dɪˈprevd/
(a.)墮落的,頹廢的,卑鄙的
De·prave v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depraved p. pr. & vb. n. Depraving.]
1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.]
And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide
Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. --Piers Plowman.
2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
Whose pride depraves each other better part. --Spenser.
Syn: -- To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.
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depraved
adj 1: having the nature of vice [syn: evil, vicious]
2: hopelessly bad; "an unregenerate criminal" [syn: unreformable,
unregenerate]
3: marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered
right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a
perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a
gambling aristocrat" [syn: immoral, perverse, perverted,
reprobate]