'Deprave' definitions:
Definition of 'deprave'
(from WordNet)
verb
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
Definition of 'Deprave'
From: GCIDE
- Deprave \De*prave"\ (d[-e]*pr[=a]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depraved (d[-e]*pr[=a]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Depraving.] [L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.]
- 1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt. [1913 Webster]
- Whose pride depraves each other better part. --Spenser.
- Syn: To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deprave'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- adulterate,
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- alloy,
- bastardize,
- befoul,
- bewitch,
- blight,
- brutalize,
- canker,
- cheapen,
- coarsen,
- condemn,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- crucify,
- curse,
- damage,
- debase,
- debauch,
- defile,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- demoralize,
- denature,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devalue,
- disadvantage,
- disserve,
- distort,
- distress,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- envenom,
- get into trouble,
- harass,
- harm,
- hex,
- hurt,
- impair,
- infect,
- injure,
- jinx,
- maltreat,
- menace,
- mistreat,
- misuse,
- molest,
- outrage,
- persecute,
- pervert,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- prostitute,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- savage,
- scathe,
- taint,
- threaten,
- torment,
- torture,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- wound,
- wreak havoc on,
- wrong