deprave en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪˈpɹeɪv/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).
Meanings
- (transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
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(transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
Interpreting humanity in purely zoological categories, he saw the social community as a form of natural co-operation within the species, distorted or depraved by religious prejudice, while in moral speculation he did not advance beyond the eudaemonistic schema of the Enlightenment.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| depraving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| depraved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| depraved | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| depraves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
depraved · depravation · depravedness · depravity
Synonyms
depreciate · forspeak · wrong · ball up · traduce · upset the applecart · undo · blame · botch · disparage · foil · talk shite · chat shit · libel · backbite · vilipend · vitiate · torch · stain · contaminate · unflatter · besmirch · calumniate · crab · disturb · muddy · bumble · slander · speak ill of · jack up · discredit · befoul · spatter · smirch · lampoon · bewray · blur · badmouth · spoil · vilify · reproach · smear · shit-talk · defame · ruin · mar · monsterize · blight · forgab · fuck up · ruin · diss · foul · asperse · pollute · cloud · stain · demonize · denigrate · blight · deprave · bugger up · blacken · sour · sully · trash-talk · badmouth · mess up · put a crimp in · stab · infamize · upset · malign · mishandle · bungle · corrupt · diss · turn upside down · assassinate · scandal · detract · drag through the mud · villainize · blemish · besmear · slag · spot · talk shit · disgrace · vilify · disrupt · talk trash · tarnish · upset · revile · blot · belibel · chat shite · calumny · dirty · screw up · queer · blaze · disrepute · deprave · mommick · soil
Translations (16)
cs narušit (To make bad or worse) · ota بوزمق (To make bad or worse) · mi whakatautauhea (To make bad or worse) · bg влошавам (To make bad or worse) · nl bekladden (To speak ill of) · cs zkazit (To make bad or worse) · cs kazit (To make bad or worse) · cs pokazit mravně (To make bad or worse) · nl slecht maken (To make bad or worse) · ga truailligh (To make bad or worse) · de verderben (To make bad or worse) · bg развалям (To make bad or worse) · nl doen verloederen (To make bad or worse) · nl doen ontaarden (To make bad or worse) · nl kwaad spreken (To speak ill of) · it depravare (To speak ill of)