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DEBASED
corrupted, debased, vitiated
(adjective) ruined in character or quality
debased, devalued, degraded
(adjective) lowered in value; “the dollar is low”; “a debased currency”
adulterate, adulterated, debased
(adjective) mixed with impurities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
debased
simple past tense and past participle of debase
Adjective
debased (comparative more debased, superlative most debased)
Brought low; degraded.
(heraldry) Reversed.
Anagrams
• bad seed
Source: Wiktionary
De*based", a. (Her.)
Definition: Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.
DEBASE
De*base", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debased; p. pr. & vb. n. Debasing.] Etym: [Pref. de- + base. See Base, a., and cf. Abase.]
Definition: To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words. The coin which was adulterated and debased. Hale. It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. Hooker. And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. Pope.
Syn.
– To abase; degrade. See Abase.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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