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Vice synonyms

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pernicious
Causing great harm; destructive:
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  1. Causing great harm; destructive:
  2. Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly:
  3. (Rare) Wicked; evil
depraved
Also corrupt in a moral sense, or disposition.
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  1. Also corrupt in a moral sense, or disposition.
  2. Describing a person or action that is perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
  3. Morally bad; corrupt; perverted
bad
Severe; intense:
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  1. Severe; intense:
  2. Vulgar or obscene:
  3. Not achieving an adequate standard; poor:
corruption
(Rare) A corrupting influence
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  1. (Rare) A corrupting influence
  2. Something corrupted, as an improperly altered word or text
  3. The act or fact of making, becoming, or being corrupt
iniquity
Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness.
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  1. Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness.
  2. A grossly immoral act; a sin.
  3. Lack of righteousness or justice; wickedness
fault
(Electronics) A defect in a circuit or wiring caused by imperfect connections, poor insulation, grounding, or shorting.
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  1. (Electronics) A defect in a circuit or wiring caused by imperfect connections, poor insulation, grounding, or shorting.
  2. Something that mars the appearance, character, structure, etc.; defect or failing
  3. A mistake; an error:
licentiousness
The property of being licentious.
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  1. The property of being licentious.
lust
An overwhelming desire or craving:
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  1. An overwhelming desire or craving:
  2. Intense sexual desire.
  3. A desire to gratify the senses; bodily appetite
lewdness
The property of being lewd.
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  1. The property of being lewd.
  2. Indecent behavior offensive to observers. Indecent behavior offensive to observers.
profligacy
(Countable) Careless wastefulness.
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  1. (Countable) Careless wastefulness.
  2. (Uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour.
indecency
Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent
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  1. Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent
  2. Of speech, the state of being crude and offensive, typically in a sexual manner. Of speech, the state of being crude and offensive, typically in a sexual manner.
  3. Something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent
sensuality
Lasciviousness; lewdness
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  1. Lasciviousness; lewdness
  2. The state or quality of being sensual; fondness for or indulgence in sensual pleasures
  3. Excessive devotion to sensual pleasure.
bestiality
Sexual relations between a person and an animal
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  1. Sexual relations between a person and an animal
  2. Conduct or an action marked by depravity or brutality.
  3. Sexual relations between a human and an animal.
corruption
(Rare) A corrupting influence
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  1. (Rare) A corrupting influence
  2. Something corrupted, as an improperly altered word or text
  3. The act or fact of making, becoming, or being corrupt
depravity
A depraved act or condition.
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  1. A depraved act or condition.
  2. A depraved condition; corruption; wickedness
  3. Moral corruption or degradation.
flagitiousness
The state or quality of being flagitious
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  1. The state or quality of being flagitious
immorality
The quality or condition of being immoral.
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  1. The quality or condition of being immoral.
  2. An immoral act or practice; vice
  3. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
perversion
Something perverted; abnormal form
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  1. Something perverted; abnormal form
  2. A sexual practice or act considered abnormal or deviant.
  3. Any of various sexual acts or practices deviating from what is considered normal; sexual deviation
turpitude
An instance of this
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  1. An instance of this
  2. A base act.
  3. Depravity; baseness.
villainousness
The state or condition of being villainous; wicked behaviour.
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  1. The state or condition of being villainous; wicked behaviour.
villainy
Villainous conduct
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  1. Villainous conduct
  2. The fact or state of being villainous
  3. Evil or vicious character or behaviour.
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Sentence Examples

  • Vice and disease, which cast such a sombre moral hue over the world, seemed to have hardly any existence for him.

  • Was that the vice president?

  • But even if the rent is not mended, perhaps the worst vice betrayed is improvidence.

  • "Where you are, there is vice and evil!" said Pierre to his wife.

  • The vice of the book is excessive classification of bodily faculties, and over-subtlety in the discrimination of diseases.

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