Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deprave

/dɪˈpɹeɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: de-prave
IPA: /dɪˈpɹeɪv/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile

Transitive verb

verb

To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Interpreting humanity in purely zoological categories, he saw the social community as a form of natural co-operation within the species, distorted or depraved by religious prejudice, while in moral speculation he did not advance beyond the eudaemonistic schema of the Enlightenment."

Etymology

From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: depraven, depraver, dēprāvō

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˈpɹeɪv/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

depraves (present, singular) depraving (participle, present) depraved (participle, past) depraved (past)

Derived Forms

depravement depravingly

Frequently Paired Words

depravation depraved depravedness depravity

Synonyms

badmouth diss vilify assassinate asperse backbite befoul belibel besmirch besmear bewray blacken

Rhymes With

gave save they've wave dave brave slave grave cave behave shave rave

Questions

How do you pronounce deprave?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈpɹeɪv/.
What does deprave mean?: To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
Where does deprave come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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