deprave

Meaning of deprave

verb
  1. make (someone) immoral or wicked.
    this book would deprave and corrupt young children

late Middle English (in the sense ‘pervert the meaning or intention of something’): from Old French depraver or Latin depravare, from de- ‘down, thoroughly’ + pravus ‘crooked, perverse’.

Information about deprave

Hyphenation of deprave

de-prave

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • deprave is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

deprave synonyms

Meaning corrupt:

corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, misdirect

Meaning make abnormal or strange; distort:

warp

Meaning treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect:

degrade

Meaning damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil:

defile

Meaning damage the purity or integrity of:

sully

Meaning defile or corrupt:

pollute

Meaning administer poison to (a person or animal), either deliberately or accidentally:

poison

Meaning make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance:

contaminate

Meaning affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism:

infect

deprave antonyms

Meaning remove contaminants from:

purify

Anagrams of deprave

pervade, repaved

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