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verwerflich — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • immoral adj Going against accepted standards of right and wrong; morally wrong.
  • iniquitous adj Characterized by iniquity (“deviation from what is right”).
  • reprehensible adjective Deserving strong criticism or blame; shamefully wrong.
  • reprobate adj Rejected; cast off as worthless.

Senses

verwerflich is used for these senses in English:

  • immoral 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.)
  • iniquitous Morally objectionable; sinful, wicked.
  • reprehensible Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
  • reprobate Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

iniquitous — full definition

  1. adj Characterized by iniquity (“deviation from what is right”).
  2. adj Morally objectionable; sinful, wicked.
  3. adj Grossly unfair or unjust.

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