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depraving

verb , present participle of deprave

Synonyms and Antonyms of depraving

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole

Synonyms of depraving

abasing, bastardizing, cankering, cheapening, corrupting, debasing, debauching, degrading, demeaning, demoralizing, deteriorating, lessening, perverting, poisoning, profaning, prostituting, subverting, vitiating, warping

Words Related to depraving

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

depreciating, downgrading

Near Antonyms of depraving

dignifying, exalting, honoring

ameliorating, amending, bettering, enhancing, enriching, improving, meliorating, perfecting

clarifying, cleaning, cleansing, purifying, refining, restoring

Antonyms of depraving

elevating, ennobling, uplifting

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