debasedadj.
/dɪˈbeɪst/ 1. Lowered in estimation (obsolete), in quality, or character: see the verb.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [adjective] > and low
debased1593
depressed1647
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adjective] > degraded
degraded1483
debased1593
sunk1618
hang-dog1677
meanc1680
unpedestalled1823
vilified1828
disrated1891
society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [adjective] > lowered in value
worse1423
base1581
embased1602
depreciated1790
light1839
debaseda1859
devalued1925
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective]
unkind1340
degeneratea1513
bastardlyc1567
regenerate1596
embased1602
sunk1602
depressed1647
abastardized1653
demoralized1800
debased1863
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. vii. 120 This so much despised and debased authoritie of man.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 3 A debased currency.
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 9 One of a debased and degraded race.
2. Heraldry. Of a charge: Borne upside down; reversed.
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1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
Derivatives
deˈbasedness n. debased character.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun]
degeneration?1481
declining1526
declination1533
depravation1561
villainy1564
declension1597
depravedness1623
decadency1632
degenerateness1640
depravity1643
depravement1645
degradation1663
degeneracy1664
degenerousness1678
marasmus1681
debasednessa1720
decadencea1734
demoralization1797
downgrade1857
decadentism1949
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [noun] > and low
degradation1663
debasednessa1720
a1720 W. Dunlop in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 59 The folly and danger of sin, the debasedness of its pleasures.
1885 L. Oliphant Sympneumata xii. 189 The fettering debasedness of material cravings.
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