Immoral

Quick meaning: Immoral is an adjective meaning 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.).

Meaning

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.).

Example Sentences

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.

Synonyms for immoral

Depending on context, synonyms include aberrant, corrupt, corrupted, depraved, dirty-handed, dissolute.

Antonyms for immoral

Common opposites include decent, modest, moral, seemly, virtuous, pure.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unethical, dishonorable, dishonourable, unprincipled, bad, wrong.

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