TEMPTABLE Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

temptable

adjective

Definition of temptable

as in corrupt

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Adjective

Meanwhile, Democrats are strongly opposed to the kind of corrupt authoritarian government that Republicans seem unwilling to even speak out against.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
The policy aims to make cadres more disciplined, effective and less corrupt.

— KANIS LEUNG, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of corrupt

Adjective

Design choices previously thought to boost power, such as widening the gap between electrodes, actually degraded performance under true operating conditions.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Initially, Pike’s attorneys and several death penalty experts raised the possibility that the drugs may have been too old or degraded to work as intended.

— Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of degraded

Adjective

For the last decade, our party has been infected by a corrupted moral center.

— Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
But the point was just that Nick’s character is emulating Sheridan’s poisonous corrupted values, and the internet is a vehicle for that relationship.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of corrupted

Adjective

The loss of every life to violence is a tragedy, even when that violence is necessary to hold a depraved killer accountable.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 12 Oct. 2026
Who doesn’t want to hear about the possible soulless and depraved having an affair and getting away with it?

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of depraved

Adjective

This is DeFalco’s debut feature after making several skits about weirdos with warped goals.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Its warped vocal harmonies are ripe and sour, including guest appearances from the band’s friends, and off-kilter squiggles on steel guitar deviate from their usual pattern.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of warped

Adjective

According to the first novel, James and Lily Potter were killed by the most evil dark wizard, Voldemort.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
For this week, however, Morris is an evil stepsibling, the 49ers’ defensive coordinator trying to slow down Robinson and the Falcons’ offense.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of evil

Adjective

Anything that's going to make a candidate seem degenerate, seem corrupt, seem incapable.

— Shannon Bond, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
In Parkinson’s disease, neurons producing a chemical messenger called dopamine degenerate, and the dopamine itself cannot cross from the bloodstream into the brain.

— Mallory Green, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of degenerate

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