immoral

English

Etymology

im- +‎ moral

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒrəl

Adjective

immoral (comparative more immoral, superlative most immoral)

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

Usage notes

• Said of people, deeds, groups, traditions, or practices.

Synonyms

• wicked
• unjust
• dishonest
• vicious
• licentious

Antonyms

• moral

Related terms

• amoral

Translations

not moral

• Catalan: immoral (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不道德 (zh) (bùdàodé)

• Czech: nemorální
• Finnish: moraaliton (fi), siveetön
• French: immoral (fr) m, immorale (fr) f
• German: unmoralisch (de)
• Italian: immorale (it) m
• Japanese: 不道徳な (ふどうとくな, fudōtoku na)
• Maori: karihika

• Meru: mwiiya
• Polish: niemoralny (pl)
• Portuguese: imoral (pt)
• Romanian: imoral (ro) m, n
• Russian: аморальный (ru) (amorálʹnyj), безнравственный (ru) (beznrávstvennyj)
• Scots: roch
• Scottish Gaelic: droch-bheusach
• Spanish: inmoral (es)
• Swahili: fasiki (sw)
• Swedish: omoralisk (sv)

External links

• immoral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• immoral in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Catalan

Adjective

immoral m, f (masculine and feminine plural immorals)

1. immoral

Antonyms

• moral

Derived terms

• immoralitat
• immoralment

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French

Etymology

in- +‎ moral

Pronunciation

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Adjective

immoral m (feminine immorale, masculine plural immoraux, feminine plural immorales)

1. immoral

Related terms

• moral
• amoral
• immoralement

External links

• “immoral” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).