"immoral" meaning in English

See immoral in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈmɒɹəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈmɔɹəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immoral.wav Forms: more immoral [comparative], most immoral [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒɹəl Etymology: From im- + moral. Etymology templates: {{af|en|im-|moral|alt1=im-}} im- + moral Head templates: {{en-adj}} immoral (comparative more immoral, superlative most immoral)
  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.) Hypernyms: impure Hyponyms: criminal, devious, dishonest, dissolute, evil, promiscuous, shameless, vicious, villainous Related terms: inhumane, inequitable, unfair, despicable Coordinate_terms: amoral, unethical, illegal Translations (not moral): անբարոյական (anbaroyakan) (Armenian), əxlaqsız (Azerbaijani), амара́льны (amarálʹny) (Belarusian), неморален (nemoralen) (Bulgarian), immoral (Catalan), 不道德 (bùdàodé) (Chinese Mandarin), immurale (Corsican), immurali (Corsican), immorale (Corsican), nemorální (Czech), moraaliton (Finnish), siveetön (Finnish), immoral (French), inmoral (Galician), unmoralisch (German), sittenwidrig (German), verwerflich (German), ανήθικος (aníthikos) (Greek), erkölcstelen (Hungarian), mímhorálta (Irish), immorale (Italian), scorretto (Italian), 不道徳な (fudōtoku na) (alt: ふどうとくな) (Japanese), 부도덕(不道德)하다 (budodeokhada) (Korean), 비도덕적 (bidodeokjeok) (alt: 非道德的) (Korean), improbus (Latin), немо́рален (nemóralen) (Macedonian), അധാർമിക (adhāṟmika) (Malayalam), karihika (Maori), makihuhunu (Maori), mwiiya (Meru), umoralsk (Norwegian Bokmål), umoralsk (Norwegian Nynorsk), usedug (Norwegian Nynorsk), usedeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), imoral (Piedmontese), onmoralisch (Plautdietsch), niemoralny (Polish), imoral (Portuguese), imoral (Romanian), амора́льный (amorálʹnyj) (Russian), безнра́вственный (beznrávstvennyj) (Russian), roch (Scots), droch-bheusach (Scottish Gaelic), inmoral (Spanish), fasiki (Swahili), omoralisk (Swedish), амора́льний (amorálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), vô đạo đức (Vietnamese), אוממאָראַליש (ummoralish) (Yiddish)
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "not moral",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "not moral",
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          "code": "sco",
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          "code": "gd",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "not moral",
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          "code": "vi",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "promiscuous"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "shameless"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Corsican translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Meru translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Piedmontese translations",
        "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scots translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Yiddish translations"
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        {
          "ref": "English Standard translation of the Bible, Book of Hebrews 13:4",
          "text": "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 May 27, Qingtong, “Officials in Ancient Times Blessed for Doing Good Deeds”, in Minghui:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "aberrant"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "corrupt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "depraved"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "dirty-handed"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "errant"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "indecent"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "indecorous"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
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    {
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "improper"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "incontinent"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "iniquitous"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "obscene"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "undutiful"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "unethical"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "ungodly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "unjust"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "unprincipled"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "unrighteous"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "unseemly"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "unscrupulous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "unworthy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:immoral",
      "word": "wrong"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anbaroyakan",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "անբարոյական"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "əxlaqsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "amarálʹny",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "амара́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nemoralen",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "неморален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "immoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùdàodé",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "不道德"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "immurale"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "not moral",
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    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "immorale"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "nemorální"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "moraaliton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "siveetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "immoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "inmoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "unmoralisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "sittenwidrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "verwerflich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aníthikos",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "ανήθικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "erkölcstelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "mímhorálta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "immorale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "scorretto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふどうとくな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fudōtoku na",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "不道徳な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "budodeokhada",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "부도덕(不道德)하다"
    },
    {
      "alt": "非道德的",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bidodeokjeok",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "비도덕적"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "improbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nemóralen",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "немо́рален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "adhāṟmika",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "അധാർമിക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "karihika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "makihuhunu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mer",
      "lang": "Meru",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "mwiiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "umoralsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "umoralsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "usedug"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "usedeleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "imoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "onmoralisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "niemoralny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "imoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "imoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "amorálʹnyj",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "амора́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beznrávstvennyj",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "безнра́вственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "roch"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "droch-bheusach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "inmoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "fasiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "omoralisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "amorálʹnyj",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "амора́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "vô đạo đức"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ummoralish",
      "sense": "not moral",
      "word": "אוממאָראַליש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "immoral"
}

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