vices

NOUN

bad habit; sin

Synonyms

STRONG

carnality corruption debasement debauchery decay degeneracy depravity evil evildoing ill immorality indecency iniquity lechery lewdness licentiousness looseness lubricity lust maleficence malignance offense perversion profligacy rot sensuality squalor transgression trespass venality wickedness wrong

WEAK

libidinousness

Antonyms

STRONG

chastity cleanness decency development good goodness growth happiness honor improvement kindness modesty morality obedience purity right virtue

WEAK

good point propriety strength

NOUN

weakness

Synonyms

STRONG

blemish defect demerit failing fault flaw foible frailty imperfection mar shortcoming

WEAK

weak point

Antonyms

STRONG

advantage perfection strength strong point

WEAK

good point propriety virtue

Example Sentences

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"Vices," on the other hand, typically involve the unrestrained satisfaction of individual wants and desires, or the capitulation to human weaknesses.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022

Vices, the opposite of virtues, are deficiencies or excesses.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Some galleries, notably Roberts Projects in Culver City, have been at the forefront of elevating Black artists for many years, while new Black-owned art spaces, such as Band of Vices in West Adams, have opened.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

Or will we think back on 2020 with a 1974 Doobie Brothers album title in mind: “What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits”?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2020

Those Vices which to the strongest youthful Eyes appear in Characters scarce legible, are thro' these Glasses discern'd with the greatest Plainness.

From The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) by Dodsley, Robert