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. John McCain:

   General, that's immoral. It's not only unworkable, it's immoral, i do not know how you recruit young people to fight and ... we don't have a policy yet whether we're going to protect them or not.

2. President Biden:

   Human trafficking — whether in the form of forced labor, sex trafficking, or other offenses — is an abhorrent abuse of power and a profoundly immoral crime that strikes at the safety, health, and dignity of millions of people worldwide, during National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human trafficking in the United States and around the world.

3. Jim Patterson:

   What these Planned Parenthood videos have demonstrated is a very slippery slope to an immoral landscape.

4. Vernon A. Walters:

   Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

5. Alexander Woollcott:

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