Dictionary

immoral en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪˈmɔɹəl/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈmɒɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral English immoral From im- + moral.

Meanings

1. Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)
   • Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. English Standard translation of the Bible, Book of Hebrews 13:4
   • Lessons from history remind us that immoral societies don’t last very long and that the saying, “Good will be rewarded and evil will incur punishment” is a truism, reminding us of the proper way to behave—for our own benefit and that of others. 2020 May 27, Qingtong, “Officials in Ancient Times Blessed for Doing Good Deeds”, in Minghui:

Forms

Antonyms

pure · seemly · virtuous · moral · decent · righteous · modest · proper · moral

Coordinates

illegal · amoral · unethical

Deriveds

immoralistic · immoralist · immorally · immoralize · immoralism

Hypernyms

impure · unrestrained

Hyponyms

vicious · criminal · degenerate · shameless · villainous · evil · dishonest · debauched · devious · decadent · promiscuous

Relateds

inhumane · inequitable · unfair · despicable

Synonyms

unseemly · lost · profligate · indecent · errant · iniquous · immodest · wrong · improper · obscene · unjust · corrupt · reprobate · licentious · dissolute · nought · depraved · dirty-handed · ungodly · indecorous · unrighteous · perverse · aberrant · unethical · undutiful · iniquitous · unprincipled · unscrupulous · corrupted · incontinent · perverted · effete · unworthy · immoral · questionable · unduteous

Translations (59)

ko 부도덕(不道德)하다 (not moral) · nn usedug (not moral) · pms imoral (not moral) · nn usedeleg (not moral) · be амара́льны (not moral) · hi अनैतिक (not moral) · de sittenwidrig (not moral) · hi व्यभिचारी (not moral) · co immorale (not moral) · id tak bermoral (not moral) · hu erkölcstelen (not moral) · gd droch-bheusach (not moral) · kix yânglàikēi (not moral) · ga mímhorálta (not moral) · id nirakhlak (not moral) · de unmoralisch (not moral) · ota صویسز (not moral) · sco roch (not moral) · ja 不道徳な (not moral) · pt imoral (not moral) · fi moraaliton (not moral) · ca immoral (not moral) · el ανήθικος (not moral) · cs nemorální (not moral) · co immurale (not moral) · sw fasiki (not moral) · mi karihika (not moral) · id tak berakhlak (not moral) · mi makihuhunu (not moral) · yi אוממאָראַליש (not moral) · hy անբարոյական (not moral) · uk амора́льний (not moral) · az əxlaqsız (not moral) · pdt onmoralisch (not moral) · fr immoral (not moral) · co immurali (not moral) · de verwerflich (not moral) · nb umoralsk (not moral) · ml അധാർമിക (not moral) · vi vô đạo đức (not moral) · it immorale (not moral) · gl inmoral (not moral) · sv omoralisk (not moral) · nn umoralsk (not moral) · mk немо́рален (not moral) · ru амора́льный (not moral) · ro imoral (not moral) · es inmoral (not moral) · da umoralsk (not moral) · pl niemoralny (not moral) · ru безнра́вственный (not moral) · cmn 不道德 (not moral) · it scorretto (not moral) · bg неморален (not moral) · fi siveetön (not moral) · ko 비도덕적 (not moral) · la improbus (not moral) · id asusila (not moral) · mer mwiiya (not moral)