What is another word for Depraving?

Pronunciation: [dɪpɹˈe͡ɪvɪŋ] (IPA)

Depraving is a word that is often associated with negative and immoral actions. Synonyms for this term include corrupting, contaminating, perverting, deteriorating, polluting, and degrading. Each of these words carries a different connotation but essentially all convey the idea of doing harm to something or someone. In some cases, depraving can refer to corrupting one's morals or leading them astray from what is considered socially acceptable. Other times, it can refer to damaging the quality or condition of something. No matter how it is used, synonyms for depraving convey a sense of decay and loss that is often associated with negative behavior and actions.

What are the hypernyms for Depraving?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Depraving

"There's nothing so useless, so Depraving, as that.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
Many of the finest plays of Ford and Massinger and Webster turn on sin and crime, the study of which it might reasonably be contended must always have the effect of disturbing the moral sense, if not of actually Depraving the mind.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
Ward was convicted of Depraving the liturgy, tending toward schism, frightening the people, and encouraging the overthrow of all manner of government.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly

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