immoral

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UK/ɪˈmɒɹəl/US/ɪˈmɔɹəl/

adjective

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.)

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveimmoral (comparative more immoral, superlative most immoral)

comparative more immoral · superlative most immoral

  1. 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.)

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

    English Standard translation of the Bible, Book of Hebrews 13:4
    1 more example

    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.

    2020 May 27, Qingtong, “Officials in Ancient Times Blessed for Doing Good Deeds”, in Minghui

    Synonyms: aberrant, corrupt, corrupted, depraved, lost, dirty-handed, dissolute, effete · Antonyms: moral, pure, righteous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBreaching 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.)

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedeliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

Opposite

adjectivenot adhering to ethical or moral principles

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinim-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  9. Proto-Italic*mōs
  10. Latinmōs
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Latinmōrālis
  14. Old Frenchmora
  15. Middle Englishmoral
  16. Englishmoral
  17. Englishimmoral

From im- + moral.

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Translations

Bulgarian неморален
  • неморален (nemoralen)not moral
Catalan immoral
  • immoralnot moral
Chinese Mandarin 不道德
  • 不道德 (bùdàodé)not moral
Czech nemorální
  • nemorálnínot moral
Danish umoralsk
  • umoralsknot moral
Finnish moraaliton, siveetön
  • moraalitonnot moral
  • siveetönnot moral
French immoral
  • immoralnot moral
German unmoralisch, sittenwidrig
  • unmoralischnot moral
  • sittenwidrignot moral
  • verwerflichnot moral
Greek ανήθικος
  • ανήθικος (aníthikos)not moral
Hindi अनैतिक, व्यभिचारी
  • अनैतिक (anaitik)not moral
  • व्यभिचारी (vyabhicārī)not moral
Hungarian erkölcstelen
  • erkölcstelennot moral
Indonesian asusila, nirakhlak
  • asusilanot moral
  • nirakhlaknot moral
  • tak berakhlaknot moral
  • tak bermoralnot moral
Irish mímhorálta
  • mímhoráltanot moral
Italian immorale, scorretto
  • immoralenot moral
  • scorrettonot moral
Japanese 不道徳な
  • 不道徳な (fudōtoku na)not moral
Korean 부도덕(不道德)하다, 비도덕적
  • 부도덕(不道德)하다 (budodeokhada)not moral
  • 비도덕적 (bidodeokjeok)not moral
Latin improbus
  • improbusnot moral
Māori karihika, makihuhunu
  • karihikanot moral
  • makihuhununot moral
Norwegian Bokmål umoralsk
  • umoralsknot moral
Polish niemoralny
  • niemoralnynot moral
Portuguese imoral
  • imoralnot moral
Romanian imoral
  • imoralnot moral
Russian амора́льный, безнра́вственный
  • амора́льный (amorálʹnyj)not moral
  • безнра́вственный (beznrávstvennyj)not moral
Scottish Gaelic droch-bheusach
  • droch-bheusachnot moral
Spanish inmoral
  • inmoralnot moral
Swahili fasiki
  • fasikinot moral
Swedish omoralisk
  • omoralisknot moral
Ukrainian амора́льний
  • амора́льний (amorálʹnyj)not moral
Vietnamese vô đạo đức
  • vô đạo đứcnot moral
Yiddish אוממאָראַליש
  • אוממאָראַליש (ummoralish)not moral

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APA

immoral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immoral

MLA

“immoral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immoral. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immoral,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immoral.

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