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- Dictionaryimmoral/ɪˈmɒrəl/
adjective
- 1. not conforming to accepted standards of morality: "unseemly and immoral behaviour"
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IMMORAL definition: 1. morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour: 2…. Learn more.
broadly : conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles. immorally. (ˌ)i (m)-ˈmȯr-ə-lē. -ˈmär- adverb. Synonyms. bad. dark. evil. iniquitous. nefarious. rotten. sinful. unethical. unlawful. unrighteous. unsavory. vicious. vile.
Immoral means not moral and connotes evil or licentious behavior. Amoral, nonmoral, and unmoral, virtually synonymous although the first is by far the most common form, mean utterly lacking in morals (either good or bad), neither moral nor immoral.
IMMORAL meaning: 1. morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour: 2…. Learn more.
immoral, abandoned, depraved describe one who makes no attempt to curb self-indulgence. immoral, referring to conduct, applies to one who acts contrary to or does not obey or conform to standards of morality; it may also mean licentious and perhaps dissipated.
Definition of immoral adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Use the adjective immoral to describe a person, group, or situation that intentionally goes against accepted ideas of what is right, like a government that attacks its own people, or a friend who steals your favorite spatula.
noun [ U ] uk / ˌɪməˈræləti / us. (Definition of immoral from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. transgressing accepted moral rules; corrupt. 2. sexually dissolute; profligate or promiscuous. 3. unscrupulous or unethical: immoral trading. 4. tending to corrupt or resulting from corruption: an immoral film; immoral earnings. imˈmorally adv.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English im‧mor‧al /ɪˈmɒrəl $ ɪˈmɔː-/ adjective 1 morally wrong → amoral Deliberately making people suffer is immoral.
