debased

The word “debased” has 2 syllables: de-based

It's pronounced as /dɪˈbeɪst/


What is synonym and antonym for debased?

In the thesaurus, “debased” has 135 synonyms and 72 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for debased along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for debased

  • abased
  • abashed
  • affronted
  • bad
  • bad-mouthed
  • base
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • belittled
  • bent
  • blemished
  • cankered
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastened
  • cheapened
  • condemned
  • confounded
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • corrupted
  • cried down
  • criticized
  • crooked
  • cutthroat
  • damaged
  • damned
  • debauched
  • decadent
  • decried
  • defaced
  • defamed
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • denounced
  • depraved
  • depreciated
  • descended
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • detracted
  • diluted
  • diminished
  • dirtied
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discounted
  • discountenanced
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • dishonest
  • dishonored
  • disparaged
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • downgraded
  • embarrassed
  • evil
  • execrated
  • fazed
  • flawed
  • flustered
  • fouled
  • harmed
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • hurt
  • immoral
  • impaired
  • iniquitous
  • insulted
  • jackleg
  • lessened
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • libertine
  • loose
  • lowered
  • maligned
  • marred
  • minimized
  • miscreant
  • mortified
  • nefarious
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • profaned
  • prostituted
  • put down
  • rakehell
  • rakehelly
  • rakish
  • rattled
  • reprehended
  • reprobate
  • reprobated
  • ridiculed
  • ruined
  • sank
  • shamed
  • sick
  • sinful
  • slandered
  • smirched
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subverted
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • thinned
  • took down
  • unclean
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unwholesome
  • vicious
  • vitiated
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wicked
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

Antonyms for debased

  • acclaimed
  • acknowledged
  • advanced
  • aggrandized
  • ameliorated
  • amended
  • applauded
  • bettered
  • boasted
  • boosted
  • canonized
  • celebrated
  • cheered
  • cited
  • clarified
  • cleaned
  • cleansed
  • commended
  • complimented
  • congratulated
  • decorated
  • deified
  • dignified
  • elevated
  • enhanced
  • ennobled
  • enriched
  • enshrined
  • enskied
  • enthroned
  • ethical
  • eulogized
  • exalted
  • extolled
  • feted
  • glorified
  • good
  • hailed
  • highlighted
  • honest
  • honored
  • idealized
  • improved
  • incorruptible
  • lauded
  • lifted
  • magnified
  • meliorated
  • moral
  • perfected
  • played up
  • praised
  • principled
  • promoted
  • pure
  • purified
  • raised
  • recognized
  • refined
  • respected
  • restored
  • righteous
  • romanticized
  • saluted
  • spotlighted
  • spotlit
  • touted
  • uncorrupt
  • uncorrupted
  • upgraded
  • uplifted
  • virtuous

Meanings of debased

  • verb
    1. To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
    2. To lower in position or rank.
    3. To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
  • adjective
    1. Brought low; degraded.
    2. Reversed.

Example Sentences

  • The scandal debased the politician’s reputation, tarnishing his once-respected image.
  • The company’s decision to cut costs by using inferior materials debased the quality of their products.
  • Many critics argue that the film debased the art of cinema with its shallow and exploitative content.
  • The widespread corruption debased the institution’s credibility and effectiveness.
  • The artist’s recent work was seen as a departure from his earlier style, which some felt had debased his creative integrity.

On this page you'll find 207 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to debased, such as: abased, abashed, acclaimed, acknowledged, advanced, affronted, aggrandized.

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Related Words

abased

  • abandoned
  • abashed
  • affronted
  • bad-mouthed
  • baneful
  • baseborn
  • bastard
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • belittled
  • blemished
  • boorish
  • cankered
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastened
  • cheapened
  • clinging
  • common
  • condemned
  • confounded
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • counting on
  • cried down
  • criticized
  • damaged
  • damned
  • debased
  • debauched
  • decried
  • defaced
  • defamed
  • defenseless
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • deleterious
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • denounced
  • depraved
  • depreciated
  • descended
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • detracted
  • diluted
  • diminished
  • dirtied
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discounted
  • discountenanced
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • dishonored
  • disparaged
  • dissolute
  • downgraded
  • embarrassed
  • evil
  • execrated
  • fazed
  • flagitious
  • flawed
  • flustered
  • fouled
  • harmed
  • humble
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • hurt
  • ignoble
  • illegitimate
  • immature
  • impaired
  • indigent
  • infamous
  • inferior
  • insulted
  • junior
  • knavish
  • lessened
  • lesser
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • loose
  • low
  • lower-class
  • lowered
  • lowly
  • maligned
  • marred
  • mean
  • mercenary
  • minimized
  • minor
  • miscreant
  • monstrous
  • mortified
  • nefarious
  • nonaristocratic
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • ordinary
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • plain
  • plebeian
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • poor
  • profaned
  • profligate
  • prostituted
  • put down
  • rattled
  • reliant
  • relying on
  • reprehended
  • reprobated
  • ridiculed
  • rotten
  • ruined
  • sank
  • secondary
  • shamed
  • slandered
  • smirched
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subordinate
  • subverted
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • thinned
  • tied to apron strings
  • took down
  • under
  • under thumb
  • ungenteel
  • unsustaining
  • venal
  • villainous
  • vitiated
  • vulnerable
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

abashed

  • agitated
  • ashamed
  • awkward
  • backward
  • bashful
  • bewildered
  • bothered
  • bugged
  • chagrined
  • clumsy
  • confounded
  • confused
  • coy
  • crushed
  • debased
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demure
  • diffident
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • dismayed
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • embarrassed
  • fazed
  • flustered
  • fuddled
  • gauche
  • graceless
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • in a tizzy
  • inelegant
  • inhibited
  • insecure
  • introverted
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • meek
  • modest
  • mortified
  • nervous
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • perturbed
  • put off
  • put out
  • queered
  • rattled
  • recessive
  • reserved
  • retiring
  • rough-hewn
  • rustic
  • rustical
  • self-conscious
  • self-doubting
  • self-effacing
  • shamed
  • sheepish
  • shy
  • stiff
  • stilted
  • taken aback
  • timid
  • unadventurous
  • unassertive
  • unassuming
  • uncomfortable
  • uneasy
  • unenterprising
  • ungraceful
  • unhinged
  • unpretentious
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • uptight
  • withdrawn
  • wooden

had

  • abased
  • abided
  • abode
  • accepted
  • accorded
  • acquiesced
  • admitted
  • adopted
  • allowed
  • allured
  • assimilated
  • authorized
  • baited
  • bamboozled
  • begat
  • begot
  • beguiled
  • betrayed
  • birthed
  • bled
  • bluffed
  • boasted
  • bore
  • bought
  • bred
  • bribed
  • brooked
  • buffaloed
  • burned
  • burnt
  • calved
  • carried
  • caught
  • cheated
  • cherished
  • chiseled
  • chiselled
  • commanded
  • commissioned
  • conceded
  • condoned
  • confined
  • confirmed
  • conned
  • contained
  • corrupted
  • countenanced
  • cozened
  • culled
  • cultivated
  • debased
  • debauched
  • deceived
  • defiled
  • defrauded
  • degraded
  • delivered
  • deluded
  • demeaned
  • depraved
  • detained
  • did a number on
  • diddled
  • digested
  • dishonored
  • dropped
  • duped
  • embraced
  • encountered
  • endured
  • enjoyed
  • entertained
  • enticed
  • euchred
  • experienced
  • faked out
  • fathered
  • felt
  • fixed
  • flattered
  • fleeced
  • flimflammed
  • fooled
  • fostered
  • gaffed
  • gammoned
  • gave birth to
  • generated
  • goaded
  • got
  • got at
  • granted
  • greased the hand of
  • greased the palm of
  • green-lighted
  • gulled
  • had on
  • harbored
  • held
  • held on to
  • held-back
  • hoaxed
  • hoodwinked
  • hornswoggled
  • hugged
  • humbugged
  • hung on to
  • hustled
  • in hand
  • included
  • induced
  • inherited
  • juggled
  • kept
  • kidded
  • kindled
  • kittened
  • knew
  • labored
  • led on
  • led one down the garden path
  • led one up the garden path
  • licenced
  • licensed
  • littered
  • lured
  • maintained
  • met
  • misguided
  • misinformed
  • misled
  • mothered
  • motivated
  • mulcted
  • multiplied
  • nursed
  • nurtured
  • oiled the hand of
  • oiled the palm of
  • okayed
  • owned
  • paid off
  • passed
  • permitted
  • persuaded
  • perverted
  • played
  • poisoned
  • possessed
  • preserved
  • produced
  • profaned
  • propagated
  • prostituted
  • provoked
  • pupped
  • purchased
  • put on
  • ratified
  • received
  • rejoiced in
  • remembered
  • reproduced
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • retained
  • rooked
  • sanctioned
  • saved
  • saw
  • secured
  • seduced
  • shortchanged
  • shouldered
  • showed off
  • sired
  • skinned
  • snared
  • snookered
  • snowed
  • spawned
  • spoofed
  • sported
  • spurred
  • squared
  • squeezed
  • stimulated
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • strung along
  • stuck
  • stuck out
  • stung
  • subverted
  • sucked in
  • suckered
  • suffered
  • supported
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • swindled
  • tainted
  • taken
  • tasted
  • teased
  • tempted
  • tolerated
  • took
  • took in
  • trapped
  • treasured
  • tricked
  • underwent
  • victimized
  • vouchsafed
  • warped
  • warranted
  • welcomed
  • went through
  • whelped
  • withheld
  • witnessed

jackleg

  • Sunday
  • amateur
  • amateurish
  • avocational
  • awkward
  • backyard
  • bad
  • beginner
  • beginning
  • bent
  • clumsy
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • crooked
  • crude
  • curbstone
  • cutthroat
  • debased
  • debauched
  • decadent
  • defective
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • dilettante
  • dilettantish
  • dishonest
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • entry-level
  • evil
  • faulty
  • flawed
  • fresh
  • freshman
  • green
  • greenhorn
  • hack
  • hacker
  • ham-fisted
  • ham-handed
  • heavy-handed
  • immoral
  • incapable
  • incompetent
  • inexperienced
  • inexpert
  • iniquitous
  • kid
  • learner
  • libertine
  • loose
  • miscreant
  • naive
  • nefarious
  • neophyte
  • new
  • newcomer
  • nonprofessional
  • novice
  • part-time
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • primitive
  • rakehell
  • rakehelly
  • rakish
  • raw
  • reprobate
  • rookie
  • self-taught
  • sick
  • sinful
  • spoiled
  • tainted
  • talentless
  • tenderfoot
  • trifler
  • tyro
  • unable
  • unclean
  • unethical
  • unfinished
  • unfit
  • ungifted
  • uninitiated
  • unpolished
  • unprepared
  • unprincipled
  • unprofessional
  • unqualified
  • unschooled
  • unscrupulous
  • unseasoned
  • unskilled
  • unskillful
  • untalented
  • untaught
  • untested
  • untrained
  • untried
  • untutored
  • unwholesome
  • vicious
  • warped
  • weekend
  • wicked
  • would-be

laced

  • adulterated
  • alternated
  • amalgamated
  • aromatized
  • assailed
  • assaulted
  • assimilated
  • attacked
  • attenuated
  • bashed
  • basted
  • batted
  • battered
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • befouled
  • befuddled
  • bejeweled
  • bejewelled
  • belabored
  • belted
  • beset
  • besotted
  • birched
  • blackjacked
  • blended
  • blent
  • bludgeoned
  • boozed up
  • bossed
  • boxed
  • braided
  • buffeted
  • bunged up
  • bust
  • busted
  • buzzed
  • caned
  • chased
  • cheapened
  • chopped
  • clobbered
  • clouted
  • clubbed
  • combined
  • commingled
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • counterfeited
  • cowhided
  • cracked
  • crapulent
  • crapulous
  • crocked
  • cudgeled
  • cudgelled
  • cuffed
  • curried
  • cut
  • debased
  • defiled
  • degraded
  • did
  • dilute
  • diluted
  • dirtied
  • doctored
  • drubbed
  • drunk as a skunk
  • drunken
  • emblazoned
  • embodied
  • embossed
  • embroidered
  • enhanced
  • enlaced
  • enriched
  • entwined
  • envenomed
  • extended
  • faked
  • falsified
  • feeling no pain
  • fibbed
  • flagellated
  • flavored
  • flogged
  • flounced
  • flushed
  • flying
  • fouled
  • fringed
  • fuddled
  • fudged
  • fused
  • fustigated
  • garlanded
  • gilded
  • gilt
  • glazed
  • gold
  • gold-plated
  • golden
  • gored
  • groggy
  • half-seas over
  • hammered
  • hided
  • high
  • high as a kite
  • hit
  • horsewhipped
  • impaired
  • implicated
  • impoverished
  • incorporated
  • inebriate
  • inebriated
  • infected
  • inserted
  • integrated
  • interlaced
  • intermingled
  • interspersed
  • intertwined
  • intertwisted
  • interweaved
  • interwove
  • intoxicated
  • inweaved
  • inwove
  • joined
  • juiced
  • juxtaposed
  • knocked
  • lacerated
  • laid on
  • lambasted
  • lammed
  • lashed
  • lathered
  • leathered
  • licked
  • light
  • linked
  • liquored up
  • lit
  • loaded
  • maimed
  • mangled
  • manipulated
  • mauled
  • merged
  • mingled
  • misrepresented
  • mixed
  • moderated
  • muddled
  • mutilated
  • paddled
  • pasted
  • pelted
  • peppered
  • perfumed
  • pistol-whipped
  • plaited
  • plastered
  • platted
  • pleached
  • plied
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • pommeled
  • pommelled
  • potted
  • pounded
  • pummeled
  • pummelled
  • punched
  • punched out
  • qualified
  • raided
  • rawhided
  • reduced
  • rushed
  • salted
  • sauced
  • savored
  • savoured
  • scourged
  • seasoned
  • seeing double
  • sequined
  • sequinned
  • slammed
  • slapped
  • slated
  • slogged
  • sloshed
  • smacked
  • smashed
  • socked
  • sodden
  • soiled
  • sophisticated
  • spanked
  • spiced
  • spiked
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stewed
  • stoned
  • stormed
  • strapped
  • sullied
  • swatted
  • swiped
  • switched
  • tainted
  • tanked
  • tanned
  • tempered
  • thin
  • thinned
  • thrashed
  • threaded
  • three sheets to the wind
  • threshed
  • thumped
  • thwacked
  • tight
  • tipsy
  • totaled
  • tromped
  • twisted
  • under the influence
  • under-the-table
  • walloped
  • washy
  • wasted
  • watered down
  • watered-down
  • waterish
  • watery
  • weak
  • weakened
  • weaved
  • whacked
  • whaled
  • whammed
  • whapped
  • whipped
  • whomped
  • whopped
  • whupped
  • wishy-washy
  • worked over
  • wounded
  • wove
  • wreathed
  • writhed

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