venal
Meaning of venal
- showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt.
local customs officers are notoriously venal
their generosity had been at least partly venal
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘available for purchase’, referring to merchandise or a favour): from Latin venalis, from venum ‘thing for sale’.
Information about venal
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which venal is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of venal
ve-nal
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- venal is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
venal synonyms
Meaning corruptible:
corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable
Meaning having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain:
Meaning able to be bought; on sale:
Meaning insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft:
Meaning obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception:
Meaning not able to be relied on as honest or truthful:
Meaning having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) not acting in accordance with moral principles:
Meaning primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics:
Meaning having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain:
Meaning avaricious; greedy:
Meaning aggressively greedy or grasping:
Meaning dishonest; corrupt:
Meaning dishonest; illegal:
Meaning bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp:
Meaning situated in or full of shade:
Meaning relating to or engaging in simony (the buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges):
venal antonyms
Meaning free of deceit; truthful and sincere:
Translation of venal
Anagrams of venal
elvan, Laven, Levan, levan, navel
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