debased - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | debased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depraved |
| Synonyms: | base, corrupted, degraded, wicked |
| 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: | ashamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretting, remorseful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, guilty, hesitant, humble, humiliated, meek, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, submissive, chagrined, compunctious, demeaned, discomfited, flustered, humbled, mortified, stammering, stuttering |
| Antonyms: | bold, defiant, immodest, shameless, not sorry, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | debauched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | violated, corrupted |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, corrupt, debased, defiled, degenerate, degraded, depraved, deteriorated, dissipated, dissolute, fast, immoral, licentious, perverted, profligate, reprobate, vitiate, wanton, wicked, gone bad, gone to the dogs, in the gutter, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | clean, improved, pure, virtuous, cleansed, purified, uncorrupt, unpolluted |
| Main Entry: | decadent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, self-indulgent |
| Synonyms: | debased, debauched, decaying, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, immoral, lost, moribund, perverted, wanton, wicked, declining, gone bad, gone to the dogs, overripe |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, deteriorated |
| Synonyms: | base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, retrograde, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, wicked, worsen, degenerated, demeaned, flatitious, overripe, retrogressive, vitiated |
| 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: | moral, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | depraved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, immoral |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bad, base, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dirty*, dissolute, evil, fast*, filthy*, kinky*, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, profligate, putrid, rotten, shameless, sinful, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vile, villainous, vitiate, wanton, wicked, dirty-minded, flagitous, gone to the dogs, vitiated, warped |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, just, moral, noble, pure, upright, virtuous, uncorrupt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faulty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working; incorrect |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, amiss, awry, bad, below par, blamable, broken, cracked, damaged, debased, defective, deficient, distorted, erroneous, fallacious, fallible, false, frail, impaired, imperfect, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, injured, insufficient, invalid, lame, leaky, lemon, maimed, malformed, out of order, rank, sick, tainted, unfit, unreliable, unsound, weak, wrong, blemished, botched, flawed, imprecise, malfunctioning, marred, unretentive, warped |
| Antonyms: | accurate, correct, perfect, sound, strong, working |
| Main Entry: | impure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not clean mentally, physically; mixed |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, carnal, coarse, common, corrupt, debased, defiled, diluted, dirty, filthy, foul, gross*, grubby*, immodest, immoral, indecent, lewd, nasty, obscene, smutty*, squalid, tainted, unclean, unrefined, unwholesome, vile, wicked, admixed, alloyed, contaminated, desecrated, doctored, infected, not pure, polluted, profaned, sullied, unchaste, vitiated, weighted |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, impeccable, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perverted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, evil |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, aberrant, abnormal, corrupt, corrupted, debased, debauched, defiled, depraved, deviant, deviating, distorted, foreign, grotesque, impaired, kinky*, misguided, monstrous, queer, sick, tainted, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vitiate, wicked, abused, contorted, misused, outraged, polluted, vitiated, warped |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, healthy, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, horrible |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abject, appalling, bad, base, coarse, contemptible, corrupt, debased, degenerate, depraved, despicable, dirty, disgraceful, disgusting, evil, filthy, foul, humiliating, ignoble, immoral, impure, iniquitous, loathsome, low, mean, miserable, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noxious, perverted, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, sickening, sinful, sleazy*, stinking*, ugly, vicious, vulgar, wicked, worthless, wretched, horrid |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | degraded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgraced |
| Synonyms: | debased, depraved, vulgarized |
| Main Entry: | dependent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, helpless |
| Synonyms: | clinging, debased, defenseless, immature, indigent, inferior, lesser, minor, poor, secondary, subordinate, under, vulnerable, abased, counting on, humbled, reliant, relying on, tied to apron strings, under thumb, unsustaining |
| Antonyms: | independent, mature, strong, unreliant |
| Main Entry: | effete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, feeble, immoral, obsolete, soft, spent, washed-out*, wasted, weak, worn out, burnt out, declining, enfeebled, far-gone, overrefined, overripe, played out, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | capable, tireless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, wrong |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abhorrent, atrocious, bad, barbarous, base, cruel, dangerous, debased, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, diabolical, faulty, ferocious, fiendish, flagitious, foul, heinous, immoral, impious, impure, indecent, infamous, iniquitous, insubordinate, lewd, libidinous, licentious, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, perverse, profligate, putrid, reprehensible, reprobate, rotten, savage, sinful, unprincipled, untamed, vile, villainous, violent, wicked, wild, worthless, contaminated |
| Antonyms: | gentle, good, nice, right |
| Main Entry: | wicked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, bad |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abominable, arch, atrocious, bad news*, base, contemptible, debased, degenerate, depraved, devilish, dissolute, egregious, evil, fiendish, flagitious, foul, gross, guilty, heartless, heinous, immoral, impious, impish, incorrigible, indecent, iniquitous, irreligious, mean, mischievous, nasty, naughty, nefarious, profane, reprobate, rotten, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, worthless, amoral, low-down, unrighteous |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, moral, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | alloy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | debase, devalue, diminish, impair, reduce, denature |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear, purify |
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend over |
| Synonyms: | arch, bob, cower, crook, curtsy, curve, debase, dip, droop, duck, genuflect, hunch, incline, nod, round, stoop, do obeisance |
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