debase
verb (used with object), de·based, de·bas·ing.
Origin of debase
Synonyms for debase
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Contemporary Examples of debased
Criminals and gangs were thought to be motivated by a debased sense of honor or a simple desire to seize property.
We see the bad with the good, the debased and decadent with the sound and vital.
And it makes you wonder if journalism has not been so debased that foreign policy has become impossible.
The whole world of criticism and reviewing has been debased because the critic now is pressured to perform as part publicist.
Latinas are debased by their poverty, thus making them accessible to any man with a few bucks.
Historical Examples of debased
It is strange to what extent the pass often debased the judiciary.
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
These are the signs of a debased, mistaken, and false school of painting.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)John Ruskin
Which there are some that are that debased they even thrives on wood alcohol, Dave.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
Nothing is more prejudicial to health than adulterated liquors, or liquors that are debased by any corrupting vegetable substance.
Of course it is easy to say that it is extravagant, overloaded and debased; and so it may be.
Portuguese ArchitectureWalter Crum Watson