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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Immoral \Im*mor"al\, adjective [Pref. im- not + moral: cf. F. immoral.] Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.
Syn: Wicked; sinful; criminal; vicious; unjust; dishonest; depraved; impure; unchaste; profligate; dissolute; abandoned; licentious; lewd; obscene.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
immoral
adjective
1: violating principles of right and wrong [ant: {moral}, {amoral}]
2: 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" [syn: {base}, {dishonorable}, {dishonourable}, {unethical}]
3: morally unprincipled; "immoral behavior"
4: characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life" [syn: {bad}]
5: marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [syn: {depraved}, {perverse}, {perverted}, {reprobate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "immoral": abandoned, amoral, bad, base, carnal, concupiscent, conscienceless, corrupt, corrupted, criminal, crooked, dark, debauched, degenerate, depraved, devious, dirty, dishonest, dishonorable, dissolute, doubtful, dubious, evasive, evil, felonious, filthy, fishy, flagitious, fraudulent, ill-got, ill-gotten, immodest, impure, indecent, indirect, iniquitous, insidious, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, nefarious, nonmoral, not kosher, obscene, pornographic, questionable, reprobate, rotten, salacious, shady, shameless, shifty, sinful, sinister, slippery, smutty, steeped in vice, suspicious, treacherous, tricky, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly, unconscienced, unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unmoral, unprincipled, unregenerate, unsavory, unscrupulous, unstraightforward, vice-laden, vice-prone, vicious, vile, villainous, wanton, wicked, without remorse, without shame, wrong
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
IMMORAL, adjective Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral. If man's notions of right and wrong have any other basis than this of expediency; if they originated, or could have originated, in any other way; if actions have in themselves a moral character apart from, and nowise dependent on, their consequences -- then all philosophy is a lie and reason a disorder of the mind.
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