Debase

Definitions: Debase

Debase

Verb

1. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women".

2. Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content; of metals.

3. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor".

Date "debase" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Note: Debase \De*base"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Debased; present participle verb or noun Debasing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Debase

Synonyms: adulterate (v), alloy (v), corrupt (v), debauch (v), demoralise (v), demoralize (v), deprave (v), dilute (v), misdirect (v), pervert (v), profane (v), stretch (v), vitiate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Depression	Verb: depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg; cast; let drop, let fall; sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate.
Deterioration	Deteriorate; weaken; put back, set back; taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison, envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate, pollute, vitiate, inquinate; debase, embase; denaturalize, denature, leaven; deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade; ulcerate; stain; (dirt); discolor; alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice.
Disrepute	Tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar; expel; (punish).
Money	Inflate, deflate; debase; devalue, revalue.
Uncleanness	Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Debase

English words defined with "debase": adulterate, Avile ♦ carnalise, carnalize, condescend ♦ Debasingly, dilute, Disbase ♦ Embase ♦ Imbastardize ♦ lower oneself ♦ sensualise, sensualize, stoop, stretch ♦ Villanize. (references)

Etymologies containing "debase": Disbase ♦ Imbastardize. (references)

Play	Caption
	Squash; flatten; smoosh; smash; abrade; beat down; bowl over; compress; crush; debase; deflate; depress; even out; fell; floor; flush; grade; ground; iron out; knock down; lay; lay low; level; mow down; plane; plaster; prostrate; raze; roll; smash; smooth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Debase" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Debase" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	75%	15	90,616
Lexical Verb (base form)	15%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	10%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	20	N/A

Expression using "debase": debase oneself. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "debase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), përul (decry, depreciate, diminish, humble, lay low). (various references)

Arabic		‏غش (adulterate, adulteration, bilk, cheat, cheating, copy, deceit, deceive, deception, defraudation, diddle, falsify, fudge, jiggery pokery, nobble, rig, sell, short, sting, swindle), ‏حط من قدر كذا, ‏ذل (abase, be low, degradation, demean, humble, humbleness, humiliate, ignominy, let down, lowness, mortify, prostration), ‏خفض (ax, axe, bear, bring down, cut, deplete, depreciation, depress, dropping, lessen, lower, lowering, mark down, minimize, pull down, put down, rebate, recline, retrench, scale down, shorten, sink, slake, slam, slash, step down, stitch down, subdue, turn down, whittle down), ‏أهان (abase oneself, affront, degrade, dishonor, dishonour, flout, give offence, give offense, injure, insult, malign, offend, oppress, outrage, revile, slap, slight, take offence, take offense). (various references)

Bulgarian		унижавам (abase, bring down, condescend, degrade, demean, disgrace, gall, humble, humiliate, lour, lower, mortify, prostrate, put down, sink), понижавам качеството на (vitiate), подправям (adulterate, cook, doctor, dose, dress, fabricate, falsify, fiddle, fix up, flavour, forge, gaff, imitate, load, raise, salt, season, sophisticate, spice, wangle), девалвирам (devaluate). (various references)

Chinese		侮辱 (Affronted, Affronting, Debased, Debasing, Indignities, indignity, insult). (various references)

Czech		znehodnotit (devaluate, devalue), zlehèit, snížit (abate, bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, deplete, diminish, drop, knock, lessen, lop off, pull down, put down, reduce, whittle away), ponížit (abase, degrade, humble, humiliate, tame). (various references)

Farsi		پست کردن (Abase, Abject, Degrade, Demean, Disparage, Disrate, Humble, Humiliate, Mortify, Post), مقام کسی راپاءین بردن . (various references)

Finnish		alentaa (bring down, cut, degrade, lower, reduce). (various references)

French		dévaloriser (depreciate), déchirer, ravaler, réduire (decrease, deplete, depress), avilir (degrade, depreciate). (various references)

German		verschlechtern (accentuate, adulterate, aggravate, decrease, deteriorate, diminish, impair, make worse, spoil, to debase, to deteriorate, worsen). (various references)

Greek		υποτιμώ (belittle, deflate, depreciate, depredate, derogate, devalue, disparage, minimize, misjudge, to underestimate, underestimate, underrate, understate, undervalue), εξευτελίζω (abase, degrade, demean, depredate, derogate, discredit, humiliate, vilify). (various references)

Hebrew		לחלל (defile, desecrate, profane, violate), ל�"שפיל (abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, snub), ל�"שחית (corrupt, damage, debauch, deprave, destroy, mangle, pervert, spoil, vitiate). (various references)

Hungarian		lealáz (mortify, to debase, to mortify), hamisít (adulterate, cook, counterfeit, fake, falsify, forge, to adulterate, to cog, to cook, to debase, to deprave, to doctor, to fake, to falsify, to forge). (various references)

Indonesian		merendahkan (attemper, blacken, humiliate, lower), menghina (contempt, deride, derogatory, humiliate, insult, misprize, opprobrious, taunt), memalsukan (adulterate, counterfeit). (various references)

Italian		deprezzare (belittle, decry, depreciate, disparage, fall in value), degradare (abandon ship, abase, degrade, degrade oneself, demote, depreciate, derate, deteriorate, downgrade, reduce), avvilire (abase, be disheartened, degrade, degrade oneself, demean, dishearten, humble, lose heart), adulterare (adulterate, doctor), abbassare (abase, abate, depress, dip, droop, drop, duck, let down, lower, lower oneself, move down, put down, reduce, sink, soften, stoop, wind down). (various references)

Manx		mooidjeenagh (badly behaved, despicable, rascally, villainous), injillaghey (change down, cheap, cheap morally, condescend, cut, cut down, defer, degradation, degrade, demote, demotion, depreciate, depreciation, depress, depression, die down, humiliate, humiliation, level down, reduce, reduction, relegate, sink, step down, subdue, subject, submit, subordinate, subordination, turn down, vulgarization, vulgarize). (various references)

Pig Latin		ebaseday.(various references)

Portuguese		depreciar (belittle, depreciate, derogate, deteriorate, detract, devaluate, diminish, lessen, misprise, misprize, undervalue), rebaixar (abase, banalize, belittle, bemean, bust, crab, decry, degrade, demean, demote, denigrate, depreciate, diminish, disparagement, flank, humble, humiliated, lower, mark down, put down, skiver, undercut, vilipend, vulgarize), aviltar (degrade, demean, profanity, shame, smirch, vilify), adulterar (adulterate, bast, betray, commit adultery, dash, dilute, doctor, dope, drug, falsify, fill an order, garble, loaded, misinterpret, sophisticate, spoil, tamper, to cut, to doctor, to hit, weaken), abandalhar. (various references)

Romanian		devaloriza (cheapen, depreciate, devaluate), deteriora (damage, deface, deteriorate, impair), deprecia (belittle, demonetize, depreciate, disvalue, undervalue), degrada (abase, bastardize, break, come down, degrade, depreciate, dilapidate, gradate, grade, pervert, reduce to the ranks, waste), falsifica (adulterate, alter, cook, counterfeit, distort, doctor, Duff, fake, falsify, feign, fiddle, forge, fudge, huckster, mystify, sophisticate), coborî (abate, alight, bring low, climb down, come down, couch, cut, decline, depreciate, descend, detrain, dip, dismount, down, drop, duck, fall, get off, go down, lower, move down, reduce, suppress), înjosi (abase, degrade, humble, humiliate, mortify, stoop). (various references)

Russian		принижать (belittle), понижать качество. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		poniziti (abase, degrade, demean, downgrade, humble, humiliate, mortify), pogoršati (aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, go to the bad, impair, make worse), krivotvoriti (adulterate). (various references)

Spanish		desvalorizar (devaluate, devalue), degradar (abase, bastardize, break, cashier, corrode, corrupt, degrade, demean, demote, demount, down grade, mortify, put down, shade off), rebajar el valor, falsificar (counterfeit, fabricate, fake, falsify, fiddle, forge, imitate, juggle, juggle with, misrepresent, pirate, rig, to doctor, trump up), envilecer (degrade), alterar (alloy, alter, break, change, clone, disturb, modify, to doctor, transform, upset). (various references)

Swedish		förnedra (abase, degrade, humble, humiliate). (various references)

Turkish		değerini düşürmek (alloy, attenuate, bemean, cheap, cheapen, damage, depreciate, detract, devaluate, devalue), sahtesini yapmak (counterfeit, fabricate, fake, falsify, forge), küçük düşürmek (abase, affront, bring into contempt, degrade, depreciate, detract, disparage, give affront to, give smb. the wall, humiliate, lessen, lower, make smb. feel small, run down, score smb. off, snub, stigmatize, stultify, take smb. down a peg), itibarını küçültmek, bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck), alçaltmak (bastardize, belittle, bemean, detract, downgrade, drag down, lift down, lower, reduce, set down, sink). (various references)

Ukranian		знижувати якість, псувати (alloy, bedevil, blemish, blight, blur, break, corrupt, cripple, deface, deform, degrade, deprave, destroy, deteriorate, discount, disfigure, do for, envenom, erode, flaw, make miserable, mess, mismanage, muddle, muff, perish, prejudice, punish, queer, spoil, vitiate, waste), принижувати гідність. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abicere, abiciam, abiciamus, abicias, abiciat, abicient, abicientes, abiciet, abicietur, abicio, abicis, abicit, abicite, abicitis, abicitur, abiecerat, abiecerint, abiecerunt, abieci, abiecisset, abiecisti, abiecit, abiecta, abiectae, abiectam, abiecti, abiectum, abiectus, adultera, adulterabis, adulterans, adulterantes, adulterare, adulteraverint, adulteres, prosternamur, prosternat, prosternebaris, prosternens, prosternent, prosternerem, prosternerent, prosterneret, prosternite, prostrata, prostrati, prostratis, prostratorum, prostratus, prostraverunt, prostravi, prostravit. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Isaiah Chapter 57, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eplhqunaV thn porneian sou met' autwn kai pollouV epoihsaV touV makran apo sou kai apesteilaV presbeiV uper ta oria sou kai apestreyaV kai etapeinwqhV ewV adou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et ornasti te regi unguento et multiplicasti pigmenta tua misisti legatos tuos procul et humiliata es usque ad inferos
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And enournedest thee with the kingus oynement, and multepliedest thi pymentus; and sentist thi legates aferr, and mekid thou art vnto helle.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even to hell.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Isaiah Chapter 57, Verse 9
Bulgarian	Отишла си и при царя с помади, И умножила си ароматите си, Пратила си далеч посланиците си, И унизила си се дори до преизподнята.
Cebuano	Ug ikaw miadto sa hari uban ang lana, ug gipadaghan ang imong mga pahumot, ug gisugo ang imong mga sinugo sa halayo kaayo, ug nagpahiubos ikaw sa imong kaugalingon bisan hangtud sa Sheol.
Chinese	� 把油帶到王那裡、又多 � 香料、 �" 發使者往 � 方去、自卑自賤直到陰 �" 。
Croatian	S uljem za Molekom trèiš, s pomastima mnogim, nadaleko posla glasnike svoje, strovali ih u Podzemlje.
Danish	du salved dig med Olie for Molok og ødsled med Røgelse, sendte dine Bud til det fjerne, steg ned til Dødsriget,
Dutch	En gij trekt met olie tot den koning, en gij vermenigvuldigt uw welriekende zalven; en gij zendt uw gezanten verre weg, en vernedert u tot de hel toe.
Finnish	Sinä kuljit kuninkaan tykö öljyinesi, runsaine voiteinesi; sinä lähetit sanansaattajasi kauas, laskeuduit alas tuonelaan asti.
French	Tu vas auprès du roi avec de l`huile, Tu multiplies tes aromates, Tu envoies au loin tes messagers, Tu t`abaisses jusqu`au séjour des morts.
German	Du ziehst mit Öl zum König und machst viel deiner Würze und sendest deine Botschaft in die Ferne und bist erniedrigt bis zur Hölle.
Haitian Creole	Nou mete odè sou nou, nou pati al fè sèvis pou Molòk. Nou mete tout kalite odè sou nou. Nou voye mesaje byen lwen al chache zidòl pou nou. Nou voye yo jouk nan peyi kote mò yo ye a.
Hungarian	És menél a királyhoz olajjal, és megsokasítád keneteidet, és elküldéd követeidet messze földre, és megaláztad magadat a sírig.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kamu memakai minyak dan wangi-wangian, lalu pergi menyembah dewa Molokh. Kamu mengirim utusan-utusan ke negeri-negeri jauh, bahkan ke dunia orang mati.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka kamu datang menghadap Molekh dengan minyak bau-bauan dan kamu siram berkasai dan menyuruhkan segala utusanmu jauh-jauh dan menurunkan dia sampai ke dalam neraka.
Italian	Ti sei presentata al re con olio, hai moltiplicato i tuoi profumi; hai inviato lontano i tuoi messaggeri, ti sei abbassata fino agli inferi.
Korean	네 가 기 름 을 가 지 � 몰 � � 에 게 나 아 가 되 향 �'� 을 �" 욱 �" 하 였 으 며 네 가 또 사 � 을 원 방 에 보 내 � 음 부 까 지 스 스 로 낮 �" 었 으 며
Maori	I haere atu ano koe ki te kingi, mea rawa ki te hinu, whakanuia ana e koe au hinu whakaranu; unga ana e koe au karere ki tawhiti, whakaititia ana koe e koe ano ki raro rawa ki te reinga.
Modern Greek	υπηγες μαλιστα προς τον βασιλεα με χρισματα και ηυξησας τα αρωματα σου και απεστειλας μακραν τους πρεσβεις σου και εταπεινωσας σεαυτην μεχρις αδου.
Norwegian	Og du drog til kongen med olje, og du kom med mange velluktende salver, og du sendte dine bud langt bort, og du steg dypt ned, like til dødsriket.
Portuguese	E foste ao rei com óleo, e multiplicaste os teus perfumes, e enviaste os teus embaixadores para longe, e te abateste até o Seol.
Rumanian	Te duci la kmpqrat cu untdelemn, kyi knmulyewti miresmele, kyi trimeyi solii departe, wi te pleci pknq la locuinya moryilor.
Russian	фЩ ИП�"ЙМБ ФБЛЦЕ Л �"БТА У �'МБЗПЧПООПА НБУФША Й ХНОПЦЙМБ НБУФЙ ФЧПЙ, Й �"БМЕЛП � ПУЩМБМБ � ПУМПЧ ФЧПЙИ, Й ХОЙЦБМБУШ �"П � ТЕЙУ� П�"ОЕК.
Spanish	"Fuiste al rey con ungüentos, y multiplicaste tus perfumes; enviaste lejos a tus mensajeros, y te humillaste hasta el Seol.
Swedish	Du begav dig till Melek med olja och tog med dig dina många salvor; du sände dina budbärare till fjärran land, ja, ända ned till dödsriket.
Thai	เจ้าเ�"ินทางไปหากษัตริย์พร้อมกับน้ำมัน และทวีน้ำหอมของเจ้า เจ้าไ�"้ส่งทูตของเจ้าไปไกล แม้ให้ลงไปจนถึงนรก
Ukrainian	І ти до Молоха з оливою ходиш, і намножу�"ш масті свої; і посила�"ш далеко своїх посланців, і знижа�"шся аж до шеолу.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "debase": debased, debasement, debasements, debaser, debasers, debases. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Debase" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adabase, Danase, dbaselv, dease, Deba, debac, debace, debas, debass, Debassie, Debele, debole, debone, debos, deboss, Debsy, debue, Defazio, dekasegi, Dembele, denase, depase, derasa, Dibacsa, Dibas, Edbas, rebase, Rebaza. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "debase" (pronounced dubā"s)
3	-b ā" s	base.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: seabed.
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-s"
	-1 letter: aedes, based, beads, eased, sabed.
	-2 letters: abed, bade, bads, base, bead, beds, bees, dabs, debs, dees, ease, sabe, sade, seed.
	-3 letters: abs, ads, bad, bas, bed, bee, dab, deb, dee, eds, sab, sad, sae, sea, see.
	-4 letters: ab, ad, ae, as, ba, be, de, ed, es.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-s"
	+1 letter: beadles, beheads, bestead, debased, debaser, debases, debates, debeaks, sabered, seabeds.
	+2 letters: abseiled, absented, albedoes, basseted, beadiest, beadsmen, bedesman, bedmates, bedrapes, bedstead, beeyards, beladies, beldames, beshamed, beslaved, bespread, besteads, bethesda, breasted, debacles, debasers, debaters, diabetes, feedbags, jetbeads, sendable, shedable.
	+3 letters: abductees, abscessed, absterged, assembled, badnesses, bassetted, bayadeers, bayaderes, beachside, beardless, beclasped, bedabbles, bedarkens, bedazzles, bedeafens, bedframes, bediapers, bedmakers, bedplates, bedsoniae, bedspread, bedsteads, beebreads, bemaddens, berdaches, besmeared, bespreads, besteaded, beswarmed, bethesdas, bidarkees, blueheads, boneheads, dauberies, deadbeats, deathbeds, debauches, desirable, devisable, educables, endamebas, feedbacks, freebased, leeboards, redbreast, shewbread, slabbered, speedball, speedboat, spendable, streambed, subleased, subpenaed, vendables, waterbeds.
	+4 letters: abducentes, ascendable, ascendible, baldnesses, balladeers, banderoles, bandoleers, banistered, bartenders, beachheads, beatitudes, bedlamites, bedraggles, bedspreads, beheadings, berascaled, beshadowed, besteading, blasphemed, bluebeards, breadboxes, breadlines, broadsheet, butadienes, debarments, debasement, debauchees, debauchers, debutantes, defeasible, descramble, deshabille, desirables, despicable, detestable, detestably, diableries, drabnesses, endamoebas, endorsable, freeboards, gaberdines, garderobes, marbleised, misbehaved, mislabeled, outdebates, postdebate, reabsorbed, redbreasts, saddlebred, shewbreads, speedballs, speedboats, spreadable, streambeds, subpoenaed, sweetbread.
	+5 letters: addressable, bandleaders, barrelheads, bawdinesses, beardedness, bedchambers, beggarweeds, belatedness, bespattered, bespreading, bestialized, biodegrades, blandnesses, breadbasket, breadthwise, breakfasted, bridgeheads, broadnesses, broadsheets, bubbleheads, buffleheads, condensable, crabbedness, debasements, debatements, debilitates, deferrables, delectables, deliberates, descrambled, descrambler, descrambles, describable, deshabilles, destabilize, disablement, disassemble, discernable, disembarked, dislikeable, dispensable, doublespeak, drumbeaters, durableness, embarrassed, established, expendables, featherbeds, haberdasher, keyboarders, liberalised, mislabelled, persuadable, prediabetes, predicables, rabidnesses, reassembled, rekeyboards, rhabdomeres, saddlebreds, shadberries, speedballed, sweetbreads, timberheads, unassembled, undesirable, weaverbirds, whitebeards.
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