Debase synonyms
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Part of speech:
To lose value; to depreciate.
A person, thing, or action that brings dishonor; discredit
Disgrace is defined as to shame or dishonor.
To interpret incorrectly; misconstrue or distort:
To lead into bad habits; make morally bad; corrupt; pervert
Humble is defined as to lower the condition or position of someone or something.
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To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote.
To become cheap or cheaper.
To lower in status or character; degrade; humble
To reduce in standing or respect.
To reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil:
An adulterated substance, commodity, etc.
A degenerate action
deglamorization
The process of deglamorizing.
A depraved condition; corruption; wickedness
The state of being humiliated or disgraced; shame.
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squalidity
The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.
The quality or condition of being squalid; filth and wretchedness
To make inferior, impure, not genuine, etc. by adding a harmful, less valuable, or prohibited substance
Alloy is to make something worse, less pure, or less valuable.
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
The definition of belittle means to speak about someone or something in a way to make it seem less important.
To make impure, infected, corrupt, radioactive, etc. by contact with something or by the addition of something; pollute; defile; sully; taint
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To corrupt
deglamorize
To make less glamorous
To denigrate is to belittle or attack someone's reputation.
(Intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
To damage the credit or reputation of; disgrace
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The definition of harm is to hurt or damage something.
heathenize
To render heathen; to convert to heathenism.
To hurt the pride or dignity of by causing to be or seem foolish or contemptible; mortify
To cause to weaken, be damaged, or diminish, as in quality:
To reduce to a minimum; decrease to the least possible amount, degree, etc.
paganize
To convert to paganism.
To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
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(Medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
To cause to feel shame; make ashamed
To bring to a low or ruined state; defeat or destroy:
To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
To soil, stain, tarnish, or besmirch, now esp. by disgracing
To attack the reputation of (a person or thing) with strong or abusive criticism.
To disseminate widely; popularize.
purify (antonym)
To rid of impurities or pollution
clean (antonym)
Fully and completely.
clear (antonym)
Out of the way; completely away:
improve (antonym)
To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better:
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enhance (antonym)
To improve the quality or condition of
upgrade (antonym)
To raise to a higher grade or standard:
honor (antonym)
To worship (a deity)
laud (antonym)
To give praise to; glorify.
praise (antonym)
To give praise to.
elevate (antonym)
To elevate is to lift something up, to promote, or to boost.
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To indulge in dissipation.
To minimize the importance, value, or reputation of:
To doctor is defined as to alter, repair or change in order to mislead.
To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly:
To make (a person) resemble a beast; brutalize; dehumanize
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To attack or infect with canker.
To lower the morale of; weaken the spirit, courage, discipline, or staying power of
To produce or receive discolorations:
better (related)
To a greater extent or degree:
help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
(Figuratively) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
To dilute is defined as to make thinner or less intense by mixing with something else.
To undermine, mislead, or betray:
(British) Alternative spelling of demoralize.
To give incorrect instructions to, esp. as a judge to a jury
vulgar (related)
stultify (related)
materialistic (related)
Synonym Study
- 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.
- Debauch implies a loss of moral purity or integrity as through dissipation or intemperate indulgence debauched young profligates
- Corrupt implies a deterioration or loss of soundness by some destructive or contaminating influence a government corrupted by bribery
- Deprave suggests gross degeneration, esp. with reference to morals a mind depraved by crime
- Debase implies generally a lowering in quality, value, dignity, etc. greed had debased his character
Find another word for debase. In this page you can discover 86 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for debase, like: devalue, dishonor, disgrace, corrupt, pervert, deprave, humble, degrade, cheapen, demean and lower.