Synonyms of debasing

debasing 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in degrading

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degrading
• demeaning
• humiliating
• humbling
• mortifying
• unsettling
• unpleasant
• impossible
• difficult
• troublesome
• disagreeable
• intolerable
• confusing
• embarrassing
• inconvenient
• unwieldy
• disconcerting
• disturbing
• uncomfortable
• discomfiting
• flustering
• awkward

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• convenient
• comfortable
• agreeable
• pleasing

• convenient
• comfortable
• agreeable
• pleasing

2

as in perverted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perverted
• unbecoming
• profane
• indecorous
• wicked
• naughty
• obscene
• indecent
• prurient
• racy
• vulgar
• earthy
• immodest
• salacious
• filthy
• lewd
• gross
• lascivious
• lustful
• erotic
• crude
• salty
• ribald
• kinky
• bawdy
• unprintable
• smutty
• suggestive
• foul
• dirty
• coarse
• sexy
• wanton
• pornographic
• bedroom
• erotical
• hard-core
• adult
• nasty
• mature
• soft-core
• porny
• X-rated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• puritanical
• prudish
• Victorian
• priggish
• proper
• prim
• correct
• polite
• decorous
• straitlaced
• genteel
• G-rated
• decent
• seemly
• straightlaced

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• clean
• puritanical
• prudish
• Victorian
• priggish
• proper
• prim
• correct
• polite
• decorous
• straitlaced
• genteel
• G-rated
• decent
• seemly
• straightlaced

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debasing

2 of 3

noun

as in debasement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• debasement
• humiliation
• degradation
• abasement
• dust
• disapproval
• disapprobation
• taint
• humbling
• contempt
• stigma
• blot
• deprecation
• scorn
• stain
• slur
• disdain
• disfavor
• brand
• despite
• scandal
• smirch
• spot
• shadow
• dishonor
• discredit
• ignominy
• disrepute
• infamy
• odium
• disgrace
• shame
• reproach
• opprobrium
• obloquy
• disesteem

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• respect
• esteem
• honor
• regard
• appreciation
• estimation
• admiration
• fear
• reverence
• glory
• fame
• awe
• repute
• renown

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• respect
• esteem
• honor
• regard
• appreciation
• estimation
• admiration
• fear
• reverence
• glory
• fame
• awe
• repute
• renown

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debasing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of debase

1

as in corrupting

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in humiliating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliating
• discrediting
• degrading
• embarrassing
• shaming
• disgracing
• insulting
• dishonoring
• demeaning
• humbling
• cheapening
• abasing
• confusing
• rattling
• lowering
• criticizing
• chastening
• fouling
• diminishing
• ridiculing
• taking down
• sinking
• minimizing
• belittling
• mortifying
• disparaging
• smirching
• detracting
• disconcerting
• discounting
• depreciating
• maligning
• decrying
• slandering
• condemning
• defiling
• discountenancing
• defaming
• castigating
• discomfiting
• confounding
• flustering
• libelling
• affronting
• libeling
• denouncing
• fazing
• writing off
• abashing
• crying down
• censuring
• execrating
• nonplusing
• nonplussing
• bad-mouthing
• damning
• reprobating
• putting down
• reprehending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevating
• exalting
• citing
• deifying
• aggrandizing
• praising
• honoring
• recognizing
• celebrating
• commending
• acknowledging
• extolling
• boasting
• complimenting
• canonizing
• cheering
• applauding
• congratulating
• lauding
• saluting
• hailing
• decorating
• eulogizing
• acclaiming
• touting
• highlighting
• promoting
• ennobling
• dignifying
• glorifying
• spotlighting
• feting
• advancing
• enshrining
• magnifying
• raising
• lifting
• enthroning
• playing up
• upgrading
• uplifting
• boosting
• fêting
• idealizing
• romanticizing
• enskying

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• elevating
• exalting
• citing
• deifying
• aggrandizing
• praising
• honoring
• recognizing
• celebrating
• commending
• acknowledging
• extolling
• boasting
• complimenting
• canonizing
• cheering
• applauding
• congratulating
• lauding
• saluting
• hailing
• decorating
• eulogizing
• acclaiming
• touting
• highlighting
• promoting
• ennobling
• dignifying
• glorifying
• spotlighting
• feting
• advancing
• enshrining
• magnifying
• raising
• lifting
• enthroning
• playing up
• upgrading
• uplifting
• boosting
• fêting
• idealizing
• romanticizing
• enskying

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