depraved

Questions about depraved

What does depraved mean?

depraved means "deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good".

How many syllables are in depraved?

depraved has 2 syllables: de-praved. The stress falls on "praved". In IPA it is /diˈpɹeɪvd/.

What is another word for depraved?

Close synonyms include perverse, perverted, reprobate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is depraved a common word?

depraved is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.