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безнравственный — meaning in English

beznravstvennyy

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English meaning

  • immoral adj Going against accepted standards of right and wrong; morally wrong.
  • licentious adj Behaving with no self-control, especially in sexual matters, and ignoring normal standards.
  • reprobate adj Thrown away as having no value.
  • wrong adj Incorrect or not true.

Senses

безнравственный 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.)
  • licentious Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
  • reprobate Immoral, having no religious or principled character.
  • wrong Immoral, not good, bad.

licentious — full definition

  1. adj Behaving with no self-control, especially in sexual matters, and ignoring normal standards.
  2. adj Ignoring rules that are generally accepted.
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