Word Meanings - INIQUITOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. -- Iniquitous,

Additional info about word: INIQUITOUS

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. -- 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INIQUITOUS)

• Criminal
• Illegal
• felonious
• vicious
• culpable
• wrong
• iniquitous
• sinful
• immoral
• guilty
• nefarious
• flagitious
• Wicked
• Evil
• bad
• godless
• criminal
• unjust
• unrighteous
• irreligious
• profane
• ungodly
• atrocious
• black
• dark
• foul
• unhallowed
• naughty
• heinous
• abandoned
• corrupt

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INIQUITOUS)

• Mend
• repair
• purify
• cleanse
• correct
• ameliorate
• better

Related words: (words related to INIQUITOUS)

• BLACK LETTER
  The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
• PURIFY
  1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt
• CORRECTLY
  In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
• AMELIORATE
  To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
• BLACKEN
  Etym: 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens
• CORRUPTIONIST
  One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.
• CORRUPTIBLE
  1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation.
• BLACKWATER STATE
  Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
• BLACK FLAGS
  An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their
• FELONIOUS
  Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide. O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In
• UNHALLOWED
  Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin.
• WRONGOUS
  Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
• WRONG
  1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly;
• BLACK-JACK
  A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; - - called also false galena. See Blende. 2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. 3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
• CORRECTORY
  Containing or making correction; corrective.
• BLACK LEAD
  Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
• ILLEGAL
  Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.
• WICKER
  1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe. 2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket. Then quick did dress His half milk up for cheese, and in a press Of wicker pressed it. Chapman. 3. Same as
• BLACK HOLE
  A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which
• CORRECTIFY
  To correct. When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau & Fl.
• FRANKFORT BLACK
  . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
• BRUNSWICK GREEN
  An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.
• MAGNASE BLACK
  A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body. Fairholt.
• BAILIWICK
  The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
• INCORRECT
  1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not
• UNCORRUPTIBLE
  Incorruptible. "The glory of the uncorruptible God." Rom. i.
• CONVICIOUS
  Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. "Convicious words." Queen Elizabeth .
• SHOEBLACK
  One who polishes shoes.
• JET-BLACK
  Black as jet; deep black.