debasing
Meaning of debasing
verb, gerund or present participle
- reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.
the love episodes debase the dignity of the drama
- 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 debasing
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Hyphenation of debasing
de-bas-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- debasing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
debasing synonyms
Meaning degrading:
Meaning treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect:
Meaning reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of:
Meaning do something that is beneath one's dignity:
Meaning degrade:
Meaning put (oneself or one's talents) to an unworthy or corrupt use for personal or financial gain:
Meaning harm the good reputation of:
Meaning make or become less valuable or respected:
Meaning make or become black or dark, especially as a result of burning, decay, or bruising:
Meaning spoil the appearance or quality of (something):
Meaning bring shame or discredit on:
Meaning bring shame or disgrace on:
Meaning make (someone) feel ashamed:
Meaning cause (someone) to feel less important or proud:
Meaning make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride:
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning physically injure:
Meaning erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation):
Meaning make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance:
Meaning render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance:
Meaning contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances:
Meaning affect with a bad or undesirable quality:
Meaning damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning make foul or dirty; pollute:
Meaning damage the purity or integrity of:
Meaning diminish in value over a period of time:
Meaning cause to become morally depraved:
Meaning change (something) in such a way as to lower its quality or value, typically by adding new elements:
Meaning make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it:
Meaning mix (metals) to make an alloy:
Meaning spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of:
debasing antonyms
Meaning intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of:
Translation of debasing
- French: abaissant, rabaissant, avilissant, dégradant
- Italian: degradante, svilente, avvilente, umiliante
- Spanish: degradante
Anagrams of debasing
Words that rhyme with debasing
sing, Christmasing, Dephasing, abasing, abrasing, aliasing, antialiasing, appeasing, basing, biasing, brainteasing, canvasing, carcasing, casing, ceasing, chasing, creasing, databasing, deceasing, decreasing, degreasing, dephasing, discasing, diseasing, displeasing, dyscrasing, easing, embasing, encasing, enchasing, encreasing, erasing, feasing, freebasing, goliasing, greasing, imbasing, impleasing, incasing, inchasing, increasing, interchasing, lasing, leasing, liasing, lowercasing, masing, measing, metaphrasing, misbiasing
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