TEMPTABLE Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

temptable

adjective

Definition of temptable

as in corrupt

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Adjective

Postwar Germany ran a denazification program, for example, while recent elections in Ukraine ousted corrupt, pro-Moscow leaders.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026
Christian pleaded guilty in New Haven Superior Court to violating the corrupt organizations and racketeering act and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny, the DCJ said.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of corrupt

Adjective

Perhaps building on degraded land, sharing space with agriculture, and designing eco-friendly infrastructure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, degraded working conditions—see, the adjunctification discourse—make academic professionalization less and less sustainable.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of degraded

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In the mid-1970s, Slash’s mother, the costume designer Ola Hudson, worked on the American production of The Rocky Horror Show, whose Frank-N-Furter is the unmistakable touchstone of Bourzgui’s David, down to the depraved purr.

— Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
But Cheekface will still be here, filtering our depraved mutterings into sardonic bangers.

— Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of depraved

Adjective

Something cool happens when light passes this warped space; its usually straight path is curved.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Check If Your Stove Is Actually Tilted Before reaching for a wrench, make sure the stove is the problem, not a warped pan or an uneven burner.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of warped

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Tracy Letts plays her perverted husband, while Callum Turner, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage and Riley Keough star as her very messed up children, and Elle Fanning is Bell’s paramour.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 July 2026
The gravity of the crimes was made apparent not just in the details provided in court documents but by how family members of children at the daycare reacted when the perverted duo appeared in court for their arraignments.

— Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 June 2026

Definition of perverted

Adjective

Presumably everybody wants the evidence to hold people who commit serious crimes accountable, but nobody wants to turn into the evil empire in the process.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Her parents refuse to see that there is something unnatural about their new baby boy and that an evil other presence haunts their stately home.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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