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amoral
[ey-mawr-uhl, a-mawr-, ey-mor-, a-mor-] 
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licentious
[lahy-sen-shuhs]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, amoral, animal, carnal, corrupt, debauched, depraved, desirous, disorderly, dissolute, fast, fast and loose, fleshly, impure, in the fast lane, incontinent, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lickerish, loose*, lubricious, lustful, oversexed, profligate, promiscuous, relaxed, reprobate, salacious, satyric, scabrous, sensual, swinging, unconstrained, uncontrollable, uncurbed, unmoral, unprincipled, unruly, wanton |
| Antonyms: | chaste, controlled, good, innocent, moral |
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| Main Entry: | unconscionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, immoderate |
| Synonyms: | amoral, barbarous, conscienceless, criminal, dishonest, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, inordinate, knavish, outrageous, preposterous, sneaky, too much*, uncivilized, undue, unethical, unfair, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unprincipled, unreasonable, unscrupulous, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, moral, principled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unprincipled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, amoral, bent*, cheating, conscienceless, crooked, deceitful, devious, dirty-dealing, dishonest, dissolute, double-crossing, double-dealing, immoral, licentious, mercentary, praetorian, profligate, reprobate, shady, sly, stop-at-nothing, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, unconscionable, underhand, unethical, unprofessional, unscrupulous, venal, wanton |
| Antonyms: | ethical, moral, principled |
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| Main Entry: | venal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bribable, corruptible |
| Synonyms: | amoral, bent*, buyable, conscienceless, corrupt, crooked, dishonest, double-dealing, immoral, mercenary, on the take, padded, purchasable, unethical, unprincipled, unprofessional, unscrupulous |
| Notes: | venal is 'corruptible, unscrupulous'; venial is 'forgivable; not criminal' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wicked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, bad |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abominable, amoral, arch, atrocious, bad news, base, contemptible, debased, degenerate, depraved, devilish, dissolute, egregious, evil, fiendish, flagitious, foul, gross, guilty, heartless, heinous, immoral, impious, impish, incorrigible, indecent, iniquitous, irreligious, low-down, mean, mischievous, nasty, naughty, nefarious, profane, reprobate, rotten, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, unrighteous, vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, worthless |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, moral, nice |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, dishonest |
| Synonyms: | amoral, bad, base, blamable, blameworthy, blasphemous, censurable, corrupt, criminal, crooked, debauched, depraved, dishonorable, dissipated, dissolute, evil, felonious, illegal, illicit, indecent, iniquitous, naughty, profane, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, risqué, sacrilegious, salacious, shady, sinful, smutty, unethical, unfair, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, wanton, wicked, wrongful |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, honest, moral |
| Main Entry: | conscienceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unscrupulous |
| Synonyms: | amoral, immoral, ruthless, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled |
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| Concept: | Wrong. |
| Category: | 1. Moral obligations |
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-nouns
wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se; unreasonableness, grievance; shame., injustice; unfairness; iniquity, foul play, partiality, leaning; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit; undueness; unlawfulness., robbing Peter to pay Paul; the wolf and the lamb; vice., "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
-verbs
be wrong; cry to heaven for vengeance., do wrong; be inequitable; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell; rob Peter to pay Paul.
-adjectives
wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious., objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified; illegal; iniquitous; immoral., in the wrong, in the wrong box.
-adverbs
wrongly
-phrases
it will not do.
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| Antonyms: | right |
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