abase, bust, cut, denature, disapprove of, embezzle, lace, pervert, reflect discredit upon, submit to indignity, water down
Definitionv. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Last update: August 11, 2015
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His need of money led him to debase the currency eighty-one times between 1350 and 1355. [verb]
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Although his resources had been so completely drained that he had been forced to melt the silver in his palaces and to debase the coinage, his energy soon brought back the national prosperity. [verb]
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It was shameful, horrible, sickening; I could rage at the mere thought of being supposed to be one of that debased crew. [verb]
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But struggling with these better feelings was pride,the vice of the lowest and most debased creatures no less than of the high and self-assured. [verb]
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They are deceived who flatter themselves that the ignorant and debased slave has no conception of the magnitude of his wrongs. [verb]
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They declared themselves the Friends of the A B C,the Abaisse,the debased,that is to say, the people. [verb]
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In the latter days of the Roman Empire the Church found the stage possessed by frightful plays, which debased the morals of a people already fallen too low. [verb]
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Of the Debased English Style 145 CONCLUDING CHAPTER. [Please select]
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