Synonyms for turpitude
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Depravity — inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness
depravity, villainy, baseness, corruption, vileness, immorality, degeneracy, wickedness, perversion, sin, degradation, sinfulness, depravation, depravedness, scoundrelism, vitiation, peccability, malignity, iniquity, impurity, misdoing
Definitions
- n. 1
Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
- n. 2
An act evident of such depravity.
Related words
- Phrases
- moral turpitude
Forms
- Plural
- turpitudes → depravities, villainies, basenesses, corruptions…
Example sentences
- corruption A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
- depravity Depravity is becoming the norm in modern life.
- villainy You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
- baseness Rejoicing in someone's misfortune is a sign of baseness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| turpitude | falling | |
| corruption | rising | |
| depravity | rising | |
| villainy | steady | |
| baseness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 6 letters
- infamy3
- 7 letters
- outrage2
- 8 letters
- atrocity4, iniquity4, impurity4, villainy, vileness, baseness, misdoing
- 9 letters
- depravity4, malignity, vitiation
- 10 letters
- corruption3, immorality5, wickedness3, perversion3, degeneracy5, sinfulness
- 11 letters
- degradation4, depravation4, peccability
- 12 letters
- depravedness, scoundrelism
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (infamy3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- turpitude
- Italiano
- turpitudine
- Deutsch
- Schandtat