bastardizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of bastardize
as in degrades
to lower in character, dignity, or quality bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste

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Recent Examples of bastardizes Additionally, adding the musical element further bastardizes this tale. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bastardizes
  1. degrades
  2. corrupts
  3. subverts
  4. weakens
  5. destroys
  6. dilutes
  7. debases
  8. humiliates
Verb
  • According to fragrance company Goldfield & Banks, an 18-degree increase in temperature degrades perfume twice as fast.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2026
  • For example, Arnold and his colleagues discovered a technique that degrades proteins that hold synapses together, deleting them from neurons en masse.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of degrades
Verb
  • Forgetting his bond with the land, Mariano awakens the Ch’iqmi, a dark force that corrupts his people.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
  • One nanny will try to get to the bottom of it before all the partying, power and privilege corrupts her.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of corrupts
Verb
  • If Blyth makes good use of his own amiability, Whitford subverts his.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This places the audience alongside the Konyaks, and subverts the traditional, colonial cinematic gaze in the vein of Filipino maestro Lav Diaz.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of subverts
Verb
  • El Niño is a tropical Pacific climate pattern that weakens trade winds, shifts jet streams, and can increase the risk of flooding, droughts, and wildfires.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2026
  • And perhaps most importantly, gerrymandering weakens accountability.
    — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of weakens
Verb
  • Ghidorah, a dragon who arrived from outer space, destroys a city in the opening set piece and only gets more dangerous from there.
    — James Grebey, Time, 3 Nov. 2026
  • This overfeeding triggers a runaway nuclear explosion that usually destroys the white dwarf.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of destroys
Verb
  • Even where mold has been detected, brewing dilutes the concentration and lowers any health risk.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Season 4 dilutes that power across three couples, one of whom occupies the highest office in America.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of dilutes
Verb
  • But when the King is gifted with another little person, whom the king debases and shames, Hopfrog plots a terrible revenge.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In order to emerge victorious in his quest to bring the World Cup to Mexico, De la Torre debases himself and backstabs shamelessly.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Definition of debases
Verb
  • Filming a scene in which Isaiah humiliates Cam, Withers asked Wayans to crack jokes about Kionte’s death — the defining event of Withers’ life, and his lowest point.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Diomande just humiliates fullbacks.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Definition of humiliates

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