HyperDic: immoral

English > 2 senses of the word *immoral*:
ADJECTIVE	all	immoral	deliberately violating / violating accepted principles of right and wrong
ADJECTIVE	all	immoral, base	not adhering to ethical or moral principles

immoral > pronunciation
Sounds	ihmao'rahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *immoral*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	deliberately violating / violating accepted principles of right and wrong.
Attribute of	morality	concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong
Narrower	debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast	unrestrained by convention or morality
	decadent, fin-de-siecle	marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
	disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking	Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
	scrofulous	morally contaminated
See also	corrupt	lacking in integrity
	evil	morally bad or wrong
	unchaste	not chaste
	unrighteous	not righteous
	wicked	morally bad in principle / principle or practice
	wrong	contrary to conscience or morality or law
Opposite	moral	concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
Spanish	inmoral
Nouns	immorality	the quality of not being in accord / accord with standards of right or good conduct

English > *immoral*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	not adhering to ethical or moral principles.
Example	"they considered colonialism immoral"
Synonym	base
Broader	wrong	contrary to conscience or morality or law
Spanish	deshonroso, inmoral
Nouns	immorality	the quality of not being in accord / accord with standards of right or good conduct
Adverbs	immorally	without regard for morality

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