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Defenition of the word debase

    • Defenition of the word debase

      • To insult or offend.
      • To make a person morally inferior.
      • add water to a mixture to dilute it; "adulterate liquor"
      • corrupt morally
      • lower in value by increasing the base-metal content; of metals
      • corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
      • lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
      • corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
      • corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
      • corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

    Synonyms for the word debase

      • adulterate
      • alloy
      • corrupt
      • debauch
      • defile
      • degrade
      • demean
      • demoralize
      • deprave
      • dilute
      • disgrace
      • dishonor
      • humble
      • humiliate
      • impair
      • lower
      • make worse
      • misdirect
      • pervert
      • profane
      • shame
      • soil
      • stretch
      • sully
      • taint
      • tarnish
      • vitiate
      • water down

    Similar words in the debase

      • debase
      • debased
      • debasement
      • debasement's
      • debases

    Hyponyms for the word debase

      • bastardise
      • bastardize
      • carnalise
      • carnalize
      • doctor
      • doctor up
      • infect
      • lead astray
      • lead off
      • poison
      • sensualise
      • sensualize
      • sophisticate
      • suborn
      • water down
      • whore

    Hypernyms for the word debase

      • alter
      • change
      • corrupt
      • devalue
      • modify
      • spoil
      • thin

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