Another word for debase
debase
v.
corrupt, pervert, deprave, debauch, humble, degrade, cheapen, devalue, demean, lower, abase, vitiate; see also corrupt 1.
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.
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Another word for debase
To lower in character or quality:
cheapen, degrade, demean2, downgrade. See betterTo make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances:
adulterate, doctor, load, sophisticate. See cleanTo ruin utterly in character or quality:
animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp. See clean, help
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