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单词 bastardizing
释义

bastardize

verb

bas·​tard·​ize ˈba-stər-ˌdīz How to pronounce bastardize (audio)
bastardized; bastardizing

transitive verb

1
: to reduce from a higher to a lower state or condition : debase
2
: to declare or prove to be a bastard
3
: to modify especially by introducing discordant or disparate elements
bastardization
ˌba-stər-də-ˈzā-shən How to pronounce bastardize (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • abase
  • canker
  • cheapen
  • corrupt
  • debase
  • debauch
  • degrade
  • demean
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • deteriorate
  • lessen
  • pervert
  • poison
  • profane
  • prostitute
  • subvert
  • vitiate
  • warp
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Example Sentences

It's a shame to see how Hollywood has bastardized the novel. The restaurant serves a bastardized version of the classic French dish.
Recent Examples on the Web Videos that bastardize neighborhood names, or cluelessly treat storied establishments like new discoveries. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2022 To bastardize the bands Pablo Cruise or Yes, love will always find a way. Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2021 As a carcass decomposes, the bacteria in the body itself runs rampant, producing its signature stink and bastardizing the soil’s microbiome. Matt Simon, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020 The initial fear that the band was going to make a killing on wading-pool-deep music and basically bastardize country music was way off-base. Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2020 The story of Christmas, which has been so deeply bastardized by commercialism and consumerism, and which is actually about good will to all persons, is written so deeply into me. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2019 From a culinary standpoint, however, that influence was bastardized by the French and English, as colonizers scrambled to re-create familiar recipes with ingredients that weren’t readily available or easy to produce on Dominica. Fortune, 25 Aug. 2019 Chefs have been creative but don’t want to bastardize it completely. Lucas Shaw, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019 In a particularly impassioned rant, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) shredded Democrats for, in his mind, permanently bastardizing the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominees. Dylan Scott, Vox, 27 Sep. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

bastard entry 1 + -ize

First Known Use

1585, in the meaning defined at sense 2

bastardizing

verb

present participle of bastardize
as in subverting
to lower in character, dignity, or quality bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • subverting
  • degrading
  • corrupting
  • diluting
  • perverting
  • debasing
  • destroying
  • debauching
  • weakening
  • ruining
  • humiliating
  • cheapening
  • disgracing
  • poisoning
  • deteriorating
  • damaging
  • polluting
  • prostituting
  • demeaning
  • depraving
  • tainting
  • profaning
  • shaming
  • contaminating
  • warping
  • marring
  • abasing
  • wrecking
  • lessening
  • vitiating
  • demoralizing
  • defiling
  • cankering
  • impairing
  • dishonoring
  • dirtying
  • harming
  • tarnishing
  • hurting
  • thinning
  • humbling
  • befouling
  • spoiling
  • defacing
  • watering down
  • downgrading
  • staining
  • depreciating
  • descending
  • flawing
  • begriming
  • blemishing
  • taking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • elevating
  • improving
  • honoring
  • exalting
  • enhancing
  • amending
  • perfecting
  • enriching
  • uplifting
  • restoring
  • refining
  • ennobling
  • respecting
  • ameliorating
  • clarifying
  • dignifying
  • purifying
  • cleaning
  • cleansing
  • bettering
  • meliorating
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