Unscramble debased

Definition of debased

adjective:

• mixed with impurities. Synonyms: adulterate, adulterated.
• lowered in value; "the dollar is low", "a debased currency". Synonyms: degraded, devalued.
• ruined in character or quality. Synonyms: corrupted, vitiated.

verb:

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women", "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men", "Do school counselors subvert young children?", "corrupt the morals". Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate.
• lower in value by increasing the base-metal content. Synonyms: alloy, debase.
• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor". Synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch.

Related words

bastardise, bastardize, carnalise, carnalize, doctor, infect, poison, sensualise, sensualize, sophisticate, suborn.

Words nearby

debase, debaser.

Rhymes with

based, baste, braced, chased, chaste, disgraced, distaste, encased, faced, foretaste, haste, interlaced, laced, lambaste, misplaced, paste, placed, spaced, taste, unplaced.