Debase

Verb

 * 1)  To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
 * 2)  To lower in position or rank.

Adverbs for Debase
obscenely; miserably; shamefully; tragically; ruinously; unavoidably; irrevocably; irreparably; tyrannically.

Synonyms for Debase

 * adulterate, degrade, demean
 * impair, demean, humble, dishonor, corrupt, taint, shame, adulterate, abase, contaminate, disgrace, pervert.

Antonyms for Debase
elevate, enhance, lift, improve.

Derived terms

 * debased
 * debasedness


 * debasement
 * debaser


 * undebased

Thesaurus
abase, abash, abuse, adulterate, alloy, bastardize, bear down, befoul, belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, brutalize, bump, bust, canker, cast down, cast reproach upon, cheapen, coarsen, commercialize, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, couch, cripple, crush, cry down, cut, damage, debauch, debilitate, decry, defalcate, defile, deflower, defrock, degenerate, degrade, demean, demoralize, demote, denaturalize, denature, deplume, deprave, deprecate, depreciate, depress, derogate from, desecrate, despoil, detract from, detrude, devalue, dilute, diminish, disable, disapprove of, discredit, disgrace, disgrade, dishonor, disparage, displume, distort, divert, doctor, doctor up, downbear, downgrade, dump, dump on, embezzle, enfeeble, fortify, foul, harm, haul down, hold in contempt, humble, humiliate, impair, impute shame to, indent, infect, injure, knock, lace, let down, load, lower, make little of, maladminister, mar, minimize, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pillory, poison, pollute, press down, profane, prostitute, pull down, push down, put down, put to shame, ravage, ravish, reduce, reflect discredit upon, reproach, rot, run down, sap, set down, shame, sink, slight, sophisticate, speak ill of, spike, spoil, stain, strip of rank, submit to indignity, taint, take down, tamper with, thrust down, trip up, twist, ulcerate, undermine, unfrock, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water, water down, weaken, weight, worsen

Translations

 * Bulgarian: понижавам, унижавам
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: erniedrigen, entwürdigen, herabsetzen, mindern, verschlechtern


 * Romanian:
 * Russian: унижать
 * Spanish:, devaluar

Anagrams

 * sea bed, seabed