immoral

From im- +‎ moral.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɒɹəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɔɹəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

immoral (comparative more immoral, superlative most immoral)

1. Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:immoral

   Antonyms: moral, pure, righteous

   • English Standard translation of the Bible, Book of Hebrews 13:4:

     Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

   • 2020 May 27, Qingtong, “Officials in Ancient Times Blessed for Doing Good Deeds”, in Minghui‎^[1]:

     Lessons from history remind us that immoral societies don’t last very long and that the saying, “Good will be rewarded and evil will incur punishment” is a truism, reminding us of the proper way to behave—for our own benefit and that of others.

• Said of people, deeds, groups, traditions, or practices.

• amoral
• unethical
• illegal

• inhumane
• inequitable
• unfair

• “immoral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “immoral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

From im- +‎ moral.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.muˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [im.moˈɾal]

immoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural immorals)

1. immoral

   Antonym: moral

• “immoral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “immoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “immoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “immoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From im- +‎ moral.

• IPA^(key): /i.mɔ.ʁal/

• Audio:

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immoral (feminine immorale, masculine plural immoraux, feminine plural immorales)

1. immoral

   Antonym: moral

• Russian: безнра́вственный (beznrávstvennyj) (calque)

• “immoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.