| Main Entry: | debauch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprave, corrupt |
Synonyms: |
abuse, bastardize, bestialize, betray, brutalize, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, go bad, go to hell, intrigue, inveigle, lead astray, live in the gutter, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp |
Antonyms: |
clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | debauched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | violated, corrupted |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, corrupt, debased, defiled, degenerate, degraded, depraved, deteriorated, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gone bad, gone to the dogs, immoral, in the gutter, licentious, perverted, profligate, reprobate, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, wicked |
Antonyms: |
clean, cleansed, improved, pure, purified, uncorrupt, unpolluted, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | bastardize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | debase |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, bestialize, brutalize, corrupt, debauch, declare illegitimate, degrade, demoralize, deprave, pervert, vitiate, warp |
Antonyms: |
appreciate, praise, value |
| Main Entry: | canker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blight, corrupt |
Synonyms: |
animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, envenom, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate |
| Main Entry: | contaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
Synonyms: |
alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, muck up, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, radioactivate, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate |
Antonyms: |
clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
Synonyms: |
base, bent, bribable, crooked, debauched, double-dealing, exploiting, extortionate, faithless, fast and loose, fixed, foul, fraudulent, gone to the dogs, inconstant, iniquitous, knavish, mercenary, nefarious, on the take, open, padded, perfidious, praetorian, profiteering, racket up, reprobate, rotten, shady, snide, suborned, tainted, treacherous, two-faced, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, venal, wide open |
Antonyms: |
decent, honest, honorable, principled, pure, trustworthy, truthful, uncorrupt, upright |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
Synonyms: |
abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, grease palm, harm, hurt, ill-treat, 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 |
Antonyms: |
better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | degrade, shame |
Synonyms: |
abase, bemean, cast down, cheapen, corrupt, cripple, debauch, debilitate, demean, demoralize, deprave, devaluate, devalue, disable, disgrace, dishonor, drag down, dump on, enfeeble, fluff off, humble, humiliate, lower, put away, put down, reduce, sap, shoot down, sink, take down a peg, take down, undermine, weaken |
Antonyms: |
elevate, honor, laud, praise, upgrade, value |
| Main Entry: | decadent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, self-indulgent |
Synonyms: |
debased, debauched, decaying, declining, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, gone bad, gone to the dogs, immoral, lost, moribund, overripe, perverted, wanton, wicked |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, deteriorated |
Synonyms: |
base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degenerated, degraded, demeaned, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, flatitious, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, overripe, perverted, retrograde, retrogressive, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, vitiated, wicked, worsen |
| 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 |