turpitude

Noun

Meaning

Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

depravity badness meanness villainy crime evil wrong vice corruption sin scandal degradation dissipation wrongdoing degeneration
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Antonyms

class best character good value authority
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Hypernyms

transgression evildoing

Related terms

turpitudinous turpid turpidly

Examples

Enough of this intolerable inanity! I propose that such loquacity passes beyond the scope of the nuisance and over the verge of turpitude. Jack Vance

A pervasive moral turpitude underlies South African society. Jani Allan

The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results. Major Taylor

the various turpitudes of modern society Source: Internet

As nationally syndicated columnist Maureen Dowd explains, ignorance might be chic for new-age conservative feminists — I know, a contradiction in terms — but, nonetheless, it is also an indicator of intellectual turpitude. Source: Internet

This barbarous act emphatically shows that the TPLF is deliberately planning and wilfully caused the deaths and sufferings of the Amhara, which is a crime of moral turpitude. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Turpinesque Turpinian turpit turpitudinous turps turpsy