deprave

Verb

Meaning

To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.

To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vitiate corrupt degrade degenerate profane contaminate subvert pollute defile demoralizing pervert desecrate befoul canker demoralize
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Antonyms

adore improve honor worship clean abuse
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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Hyponyms

poison infect lead astray suborn bastardize sensualize

Related terms

depravity depravation depraved depravedness

Derivatives

depraved depraving

Anagrams

pervade

Examples

Unlawful pleasure, trenching on another's rights, is delusive and envenomed pleasure-its hollowness disappoints at the time, its poison cruelly tortures afterwards, its effects deprave forever. Charlotte Brontë

My mother is currently associating with some undesirables who are attempting to transform her into an athlete of sorts, deprave specimens of mankind who regularly bowl their way to oblivion. John Kennedy Toole

The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence. Ann Radcliffe

debauch the young people with wine and women Source: Internet

Socrates was accused of corrupting young men Source: Internet

Do school counselors subvert young children? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Depplorable depramine depravation depraved depraved-heart murder depraved-indifference murder