English

Verb

depraved

1. simple past tense and past participle of deprave

Adjective

depraved ‎(comparative more depraved, superlative most depraved)

1. Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
   • 2009, Neil M. Gorsuch, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (page 57)

     The driver who speeds with reckless disregard for the consequences to others but without any intent to harm the darting child may receive jail time but is often treated far differently from the depraved killer who sets out with a purposeful plan to murder the child.

2. (archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
   • 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)

     There was a constant dripping of urine from the ****, a depraved appetite and meninguria. On examination, two calculi were easily felt, and I advised the owner that an operation was all that would save his animal […]

Derived terms

• depraved-heart murder
• depravedly
• depravedness

Related terms

• deprave
• depravity

Anagrams

• pervaded