Synonyms for immoral
ɪˈmɔr əl, ɪˈmɒr-im·moral

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1. immoraladjective

   Synonyms:
   unjust, wicked, licentious, dishonest, vicious

   Antonyms:
   moral

2. immoraladjective

   Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.

   Synonyms:
   vicious, unjust, dishonest, licentious, wicked

   Antonyms:
   moral

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1. immoral

   Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.

   Synonyms:
   abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

   Antonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous

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1. immoraladjective

   deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

   Synonyms:
   base

   Antonyms:
   right, moral, moralistic, chaste, righteous, clean, incorrupt, clean-living

2. base, immoraladjective

   not adhering to ethical or moral principles

   "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"

   Synonyms:
   baseborn, meanspirited, base, basal, lowly, mean, humble

   Antonyms:
   clean-living, righteous, incorrupt, clean, moralistic, right, moral, chaste

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1. immoraladjective

   Synonyms:
   wicked, vicious, sinful, unprincipled, dishonest, unjust, depraved, corrupt, profligate, dissolute

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1. immoraladjective

   Synonyms:
   licentious, dissolute, vicious, profligate, loose, illicit, rakish

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1. List of paraphrases for "immoral":

   unethical, amoral, moral, indecent, unholy

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How to use immoral in a sentence?

1. John McCain:

   General, that's immoral. It's not only unworkable, it's immoral, i do not know how you recruit young people to fight and ... we don't have a policy yet whether we're going to protect them or not.

2. Vernon A. Walters:

   Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

3. Wayne Rogers:

   It said that, in the eyes of the studio, if you behaved in an immoral fashion, they have the right to suspend you. Well, nobody defined an 'immoral fashion,' as it were - so it was at the whim of whoever ran the studio.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.

5. B. J. Gupta:

   Any activity that adversely affects society is immoral.