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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