debases

present tense third-person singular of debase
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as in humiliates
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes our failure to win a single game completely debased us

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“Debases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debases. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

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