immoral

Adjective CEFR C2 Standard

ɪˈmɒɹəl

Definitions

Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)

Equivalents

Españolinmoral

Françaisimmoral

Deutschamoralisch sittenwidrig unethischunmoralisch unsittlich unzüchtig verwerflich

35 more languages

العربيةجهنمي

Azərbaycan diliəxlaqsız

Беларускаяамара́льны

Българскинеморален

Bosanskinemoralan неморалан

Catalàimmoral

Češtinaamorální imorální nemorálnínemravný

Ελληνικάαθέμιτος ανήθικος ατάσθαλος

Suomihuono moraaliton siveetön

Gaeilgemímhorálta

עבריתרקוב

हिन्दीअनैतिक दुराचारी व्यभिचारी

Hrvatskinemoralan неморалан

Magyarerkölcstelen

Հայերենանբարոյական

Bahasa Indonesiaasusila cabul nirakhlaksundal

Italianoimmorale scorretto

日本語不倫不道徳な

한국어부도덕(不道德)하다 부도덕하다 비도덕적

Latviešunetīrs

Македонскинеморален

മലയാളംഅധാർമിക

Polskigrzeszny immoralny niedobryniemoralny występny

Portuguêsimoral

Românăimoral

Русскийаморальный безнравственный

Српскиnemoralan неморалан

Svenskaomoralisk osedlig sedeslös

Kiswahilifasiki

ไทยทราม ทุศีล อลัชชีเสื่อม โฉด

Türkçealçak terbiyesiz

Українськааморальний непотріб

Tiếng Việtbất nghĩa bỉ ổi biến chấtthất đức vô đạo vô đạo đức vô luân xấu xa

Examples

“Let ⟳ marriage be held in honor among all, and let ⟳ the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge ⟳ the sexually immoral and adulterous.”

“Lessons from history remind ⟳ us that immoral societies don’t last ⟳ very long and that the saying, “Good will be rewarded and evil will incur punishment” is a truism, reminding us of the proper way to behave—for our own ⟳ benefit and that of others.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

immoralistic immorigerous immortable immortal immortalist immortalizable

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