debase

Word Type

a.

debase Meaning Definition

To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.

Synonyms for debase

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Synonym Search Links for debase

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