to debase
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7.7
- verb
- /dɪˈbeɪs/
:
corromper
- I wouldn't debase myself like that.
- self-debased
- debased human
- become debased
There is nothing beyond their willingness to debase themselves for this president.
- There is nothing beyond their willingness to debase themselves for this president.
- Judas debased and mortified the spirit.
- That you may not have set out to debase yourself, but it may be how you viewed yourself, right?
- Is it not this to debase yourself in order to injure your pride?
- So slut shame debase women who are a threat to that power holding position.
Examples
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He refused to debase his principles for the sake of popularity.
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Finally, I really wish that Dr. Gordon had not debased himself so far in writing this foreword.
Blog text (13) -
Why should we debase ourselves like that?
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It's really a shame how some men will totally debase themselves for political power.
Blog text (17) -
There is nothing beyond their willingness to debase themselves for this president.
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These alpha men continue to debase themselves for this man.
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I'm ready to debase myself.
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She said that it debased women.
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And all this small meanness just debases the whole thing.
Fiction book (1997) -
"So, too, most people forget their dignity when in the grip of a debasing addiction.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
125
4.5
To make someone act dishonestly, often by giving them money
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5.1
To treat someone so they feel ashamed or less respected
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8.6
To make something dirty or harm its reputation
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7.9
Cause someone to do things that are morally wrong
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8.4
To make people less moral by encouraging bad behaviour
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8.3
To make someone behave badly by giving them wrong ideas
Make a person lose moral strength or become corrupt
To make something worse by treating it as sexual pleasure
To lower a person's rank, status, or moral character
Antonyms
How Corrupt
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2.0
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7.2
12
7.7
125
4.5
20
5.5
146
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Debase comes from de- 'down' and base (from Latin bassus) 'low'. So to debase a person or idea is to pull it 'down' to a lower moral level, making it less pure or honorable.