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| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | degrade, shame |
| Synonyms: | abase, cheapen, corrupt, cripple, debauch, debilitate, demean, demoralize, deprave, devalue, disable, disgrace, dishonor, enfeeble, humble, humiliate, lower, put away, put down, reduce, sap, sink, take down*, undermine, weaken, bemean, cast down, devaluate, drag down*, dump on, fluff off, shoot down, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | elevate, honor, laud, praise, upgrade, value |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | abase, bastardize, contaminate, corrupt, damage, defile, depreciate, doctor, impair, load, pervert, pollute, spoil, taint, vitiate, weight, worsen, animalize, bestialize, dope up, sophisticate |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear, enhance, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | abase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of self-esteem, confidence |
| Synonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame |
| Antonyms: | cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | canker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blight, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate, animalize, bestialize, envenom |
| Main Entry: | cheapen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish worth |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lower, mar, minimize, reduce, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off, beat down, lose value, mark down, render worthless |
| Antonyms: | appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | contaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate, muck up, radioactivate |
| Antonyms: | clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | debauch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprave, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bastardize, betray, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, intrigue, inveigle, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp, bestialize, brutalize, go bad, go to hell, lead astray, live in the gutter |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | defile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt, violate |
| Synonyms: | abuse, adulterate, befoul, besmirch, contaminate, debase, deflower, degrade, desecrate, dirty, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, hurt, mess up*, molest, pollute, profane, rape, ravish, seduce, shame, smear, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, trash, vitiate, maculate, make foul, muck up*, scuzz up, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, hallow, honor, purify, sanctify, clease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | degrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, pan*, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down*, sink, slam, take down*, tear down*, vitiate, weaken, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, declass, disbar, mudsling, shoot down*, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humble, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, bad-mouth*, belittle, contemn, debase, decry, degrade, derogate, descend, despise, detract, disparage, lower, pan*, scorn, sink, stoop*, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, cut rate, dis, dump on, knock down*, poor-mouth |
| Antonyms: | boost, enhance, improve, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deprave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt, lead astray |
| Synonyms: | bastardize, debase, debauch, degrade, demoralize, pervert, seduce, subvert, vitiate, warp, bestialize, brutalize |
| Antonyms: | ennoble, improve, moralize |
| Main Entry: | deteriorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, degenerate |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alloy, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go to pieces*, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen, be worse for wear, become worse, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose it, lose quality, wear away |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, develop, improve, get better |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devalue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depreciate |
| Synonyms: | cheapen, debase, decrease, decry, knock off, lower, take down, underrate, undervalue, write off, cut rate, devalorize, devaluate, mark down, nose dive, revalue, write down |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise, overvalue |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be soiled |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, defile, discolor, foul, grime, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tarnish, begrime, besoil, draggle, encrust, make dusty, make impure, smutch, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | disgrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring shame upon |
| Synonyms: | abase, besmirch, blot, debase, defame, defile, degrade, depress, deride, derogate, desecrate, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disparage, disregard, disrespect, expel, humble, humiliate, libel, lose face, lower, mock, put down, reduce, reproach, ridicule, slander, slur, snub, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tar and feather*, tarnish, attaint, give a black eye, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | esteem, exalt, honor, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dishonor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, degrade |
| Synonyms: | abase, blot, corrupt, debase, debauch, defame, defile, discredit, disgrace, disoblige, libel, slander, sully, attaint, disconsider, give a black eye, make lose face, reflect on |
| Antonyms: | credit, esteem, honor, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | dope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drug someone |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, deaden, debase, inject, knock out*, load, sedate, soak, stupefy, anesthetize, narcotize, put to sleep, sophisticate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ingratiate oneself to; serve |
| Synonyms: | abase, apple-polish, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, blandish, bow, brownnose*, buddy up, butter up*, cajole, cater to, cave in to, cotton, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, curry favor*, debase, defer, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, invite, jolly, kneel, kowtow*, lay it on, lick boots, make up to, massage*, oil*, pander, pay court, play up to, scrape, slaver, snow*, stoop, stroke*, submit, toady*, truckle*, woo*, yield |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | level out |
| Synonyms: | abrade, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, lay, plane, plaster*, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, squash, straighten, subdue, trample, beat down, even out, knock down, lay low, mow down, spread out |
| Antonyms: | break, elevate, raise, round, make uneven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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