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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1. Alexander Woollcott:

   All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

2. Rocky Lee:

   There will be a judgment call as to whether any Rocky Lee investor would want to be associated with such businesses, i believe you will see some' quiet' exiting by Rocky Lee funds and possibly LPs, at least those U.S. investors who feel strongly that owning companies engaging in these activities are either immoral or politically incorrect.

3. Brothers Karamazov, Pt 1, Bk i, Ch 6:

   If you were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the world would at once be dried up. Moreover, nothing then would be immoral, everything would be permissible, even cannibalism.

4. Israel Ganor:

   The American-led campaign in Syria and Iran is too little and too late, and it will not lead as such to a military decisive victory on ISIS, this does not mean by any way that the U.S. should adopt savage policy, illegal or immoral military activity. There is a lot that still can be done and improve without adopting such policies.

5. Olin Tezcatlipoca:

   Our protest is to tell the Pope that by canonizing Junipero Serra, they want to canonize colonialism, they want to canonize white supremacy and they want to canonize the genocide of our people. And that is an immoral act.