immoral

English

Etymology

From 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

   Synonyms: wicked, unjust, dishonest, vicious, licentious, unethical, corrupt, unscrupulous, wrong

   Antonym: moral

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• amoral

Translations

not moral

• Bulgarian: неморален (bg) (nemoralen)
• Catalan: immoral (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不道德 (zh) (bùdàodé)

• Czech: nemorální (cs)
• Finnish: moraaliton (fi), siveetön (fi)
• French: immoral (fr) m, immorale (fr) f
• Galician: inmoral (gl) m, f
• German: unmoralisch (de)
• Greek: ανήθικος (el) (aníthikos)
• Italian: immorale (it) m
• Japanese: 不道徳な (ふどうとくな, fudōtoku na)
• Maori: karihika
• Meru: mwiiya

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: umoralsk

  Nynorsk: umoralsk

• Polish: niemoralny (pl)
• Portuguese: imoral (pt)
• Romanian: imoral (ro) m, n
• Russian: амора́льный (ru) (amorálʹnyj), безнра́вственный (ru) (beznrávstvennyj)
• Scots: roch
• Scottish Gaelic: droch-bheusach
• Spanish: inmoral (es)
• Swahili: fasiki (sw)
• Swedish: omoralisk (sv)
• Yiddish: אוממאָראַליש‎‎ (ummoralish)

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

From im- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.moˈɾal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.muˈɾal/

Adjective

immoral (masculine and feminine plural immorals)

1. immoral

   Antonym: moral

Derived terms

Terms derived from immoral

• immoralitat

• immoralment

Further reading

• “immoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From im- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mɔ.ʁal/

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Adjective

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

1. immoral

   Antonym: moral

Related terms

Terms related to immoral

• amoral

• immoralement

Descendants

• Russian: безнра́вственный (beznrávstvennyj) (calque)

Further reading

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