debases

Meaning of debases

verb, 3rd person present
  1. reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.
    the love episodes debase the dignity of the drama
  2. lower the value of (coinage) by reducing the content of precious metal.
    the King was forced to debase the coinage

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘humiliate, belittle’): from de- ‘down’ + the obsolete verb base (compare with abase), expressing the notion ‘bring down completely’.

Information about debases

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of debases is: debase.
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Hyphenation of debases

de-bases

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • debases is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

debases synonyms

Meaning treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect:

degrade

Meaning reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of:

devalue

Meaning do something that is beneath one's dignity:

demean

Meaning degrade:

cheapen

Meaning put (oneself or one's talents) to an unworthy or corrupt use for personal or financial gain:

prostitute

Meaning harm the good reputation of:

discredit

Meaning make or become less valuable or respected:

tarnish

Meaning make or become black or dark, especially as a result of burning, decay, or bruising:

blacken

Meaning spoil the appearance or quality of (something):

blemish

Meaning bring shame or discredit on:

disgrace

Meaning bring shame or disgrace on:

dishonour

Meaning make (someone) feel ashamed:

shame

Meaning cause (someone) to feel less important or proud:

humble

Meaning make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride:

humiliate

Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:

damage

Meaning physically injure:

harm

Meaning erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation):

undermine

Meaning make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance:

contaminate

Meaning render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance:

adulterate

Meaning contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances:

pollute

Meaning affect with a bad or undesirable quality:

taint

Meaning damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil:

defile

Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:

spoil

Meaning make foul or dirty; pollute:

foul

Meaning damage the purity or integrity of:

sully

Meaning diminish in value over a period of time:

depreciate

Meaning cause to become morally depraved:

corrupt

Meaning change (something) in such a way as to lower its quality or value, typically by adding new elements:

bastardize

Meaning make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it:

dilute

Meaning mix (metals) to make an alloy:

alloy

Meaning spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of:

vitiate

debases antonyms

Meaning intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of:

enhance

Anagrams of debases

seabeds

Words that rhyme with debases

baases, abases, airbases, anabases, bases, cabases, catabases, counterbases, databases, diabases, embases, firebases, freebases, hypobases, imbases, isobases, katabases, kilobases, metabases, nucleobases, parabases, polybases, rheobases, subbases, superbases, surbases, wheelbases, bookcases, braincases, briefcases, carcases, cardcases, cases, crankcases, cycases, discases, eggcases, encases, fracases, gearcases, headcases, helicases, incases, laccases, lowercases, notecases, nutcases, pillowcases, pincases, replicases

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