INIQUITOUS - 7 definitions found
iniquitous adj 1: characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts" [syn: iniquitous, sinful, ungodly] iniquitous - puloc Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary iniquitous If you describe something as iniquitous, you mean that it is very unfair or morally bad. (FORMAL) ...an iniquitous fine. ADJ: usu ADJ n Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Iniquitous \In*iq"ui*tous\, a. [From Iniquity.] Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding. Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service. --Burke. Syn: Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal. Usage: Iniquitous, Wicked, Nefarious. Wicked is the generic term. Iniquitous is stronger, denoting a violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach of the most sacred obligations, and points more directly to the intrinsic badness of the deed. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms iniquitous a. Unjust, unrighteous, unfair, inequitable, wrong, wicked, sinful, nefarious, heinous, flagitious. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 76 Moby Thesaurus words for "iniquitous": abominable, arrant, atrocious, bad, baleful, base, bitchy, black, blamable, blameworthy, criminal, cussed, damnable, dark, disgraceful, evil, evildoing, execrable, felonious, flagitious, flagrant, foul, harmful, hateful, heinous, illegal, immoral, improper, inequitable, infamous, invidious, knavish, low, malefactory, malefic, maleficent, malfeasant, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, monstrous, nasty, naughty, nefarious, noxious, ornery, peccant, rank, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, shameful, sinful, unbalanced, undeserved, undue, unequal, unequitable, uneven, unforgivable, unjust, unlawful, unmeet, unmerited, unpardonable, unrightful, unspeakable, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongful |
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