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Variant of debase

debase Definition

de·base (dē bās, di-)

transitive verb debased -·based′, debasing -·bas′·ing

to make lower in value, quality, character, dignity, etc.; cheapen

Etymology: de- + base, aphetic < abase

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debased Synonyms

debased

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debased Usage Examples

Object

  • coinage: Henry VIII had also debased the coinage in 1526 to compete with the great number of inferior foreign pieces in circulation.
  • currency: For, by producing large numbers of false allegations, trawling operations have debased the entire currency of complaints.
  • culture: Wherever do those Islamic fundamentalists who rant on about our debased British culture get their ideas from?
  • form: Possibly debased Hallstatt form of 6th or 5th cent.
  • coin: So, Gresham's Law is not just about debased coins or money.
  • language: The debased language that I have been discussing is in some ways very convenient.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: Never was the Press so debased as in publishing the productions of their pens.
  • much: The genre is not so much debased as deflated - wedded to the dying fall.
  • thereby: Henceforth they were denied a direct voice in their own affairs, and the value of their citizenship was thereby debased.

Preposition: in

  • way: I cant believe that I have let myself be so debased in this way.

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