turpitude
Syllables: tur·pi·tudeUK/ˈtɜː(ɹ)pɪtjuːd//ˈtɜɹpətuːd/
turpitude noun: inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
Noun
turpitude (countable and uncountable, plural turpitudes)
- Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
- As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Synonyms:
- degeneracy, perversion, wickedness, baseness, corruption, defilement, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity
- An act evident of such depravity.
turpitude meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
turpitude in Tamil
- இழிகுணம், ஒழுங்கீனம், கயமை
turpitude in Urdu
- کمینہ پن, خباثت, سفلگی
turpitude in Bengali
- নীচতা, চারিত্রিক কলুষতা
turpitude in Malayalam
- depravity, perversion, corruption
- ധാർമ്മികാധഃപതനം, അഴിമതി, ദുഷിപ്പ്, ദുശ്ശീലം, ദുർവാസന, ലെെംഗികവെെകൃതം
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- turpitude in Kannada
- ಕೇಡಿಗತನ, ಕ್ಷುದ್ರತೆ, ನೀಚತನ, ದೌಷ್ಟ್ಯ
Synonyms of turpitude
- degeneracy
- perversion
- wickedness
- baseness
- corruption
- defilement
- degradation
- depravation
- depravedness
- depravity
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Forms of turpitude
| plural | turpitudes |
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Origin of turpitude
Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”).
Words formed from turpitude
Questions about turpitude
- What does turpitude mean?
- Turpitude means inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
- What is turpitude in Tamil?
- Turpitude in Tamil is இழிகுணம், ஒழுங்கீனம், கயமை. See Turpitude meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is turpitude?
- Turpitude is a noun.
- How do you pronounce turpitude?
- Turpitude is pronounced /ˈtɜː(ɹ)pɪtjuːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of turpitude?
- The plural of turpitude is turpitudes.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: turpitude (page history and authors); turpitude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); turpitude (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); turpitude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); turpitude (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); turpitude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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