debase

debase is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. verb. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

   "adulterate liquor"

   Synonyms: adulterate, dilute, load, stretch

3. verb. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

   Synonyms: alloy

4. verb. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"

   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"

   Synonyms: corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

Synonyms

adulterate, dilute, load, stretch, alloy, corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in debase:

seabed

Common word forms

debased, debaser, debases, debasing, debasement

Words from these letters

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