Synonyms for debase

verb

debase implies generally a lowering in quality, value, dignity, etc. greed had debased his character; deprave suggests gross degeneration, esp. with reference to morals a mind depraved by crime; corrupt implies a deterioration or loss of soundness by some destructive or contaminating influence a government corrupted by bribery; debauch implies a loss of moral purity or integrity as through dissipation or intemperate indulgence debauched young profligates; pervert suggests a distorting of or departure from what is considered right, natural, or true a perverted sense of humor See also syn. study at humble.