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Synonyms and Antonyms of debasing
- we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies
befouling, begriming, contaminating, defiling, diluting, dirtying, polluting, tainting, thinning, watering down, weakening
disgracing, dishonoring, humbling, humiliating, shaming, taking down
blemishing, damaging, defacing, destroying, flawing, harming, hurting, impairing, marring, ruining, spoiling, staining, tarnishing, wrecking
- our failure to win a single game completely debased us
abashing, confounding, confusing, discomfiting, disconcerting, discountenancing, embarrassing, fazing, flustering, mortifying, nonplussing (also nonplusing), rattling
belittling, castigating, criticizing, crying down, decrying, depreciating, detracting, diminishing, discounting, disparaging, minimizing, putting down, ridiculing, writing off
bad-mouthing, defaming, defiling, libeling (or libelling), maligning, slandering
censuring, condemning, damning, denouncing, execrating, reprehending, reprobating
acclaiming, applauding, boasting, celebrating, cheering, citing, commending, complimenting, congratulating, decorating, eulogizing, extolling, feting (or fêting), hailing, honoring, lauding, praising, saluting, touting
highlighting, playing up, spotlighting
dignifying, ennobling, enshrining, enskying, enthroning, glorifying, magnifying
advancing, boosting, lifting, promoting, raising, upgrading, uplifting
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