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debasing
adjective as in infra dig
adjective as in libelous
adjective as in opprobrious
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- abasing
- calumniatory
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- damaging
- defamatory
- defaming
- denigrating
- depreciative
- derogative
- despicable
- despiteful
- detractive
- disgracing
- dishonoring
- disparaging
- humiliating
- hurting
- injuring
- injurious
- insolent
- insulting
- invective
- libeling
- malevolent
- malign
- malignant
- maligning
- notorious
- offending
- offensive
- pejorative
- reproaching
- reviling
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shaming
- spiteful
- truculent
- vile
- vitriolic
- vituperative
- vulgar
adjective as in outrageous
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adjective as in pejorative
noun as in disgrace
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noun as in ill repute
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- abasement
- abuse
- bad name
- bad odor
- baseness
- black eye
- blemish
- blur
- brand
- comedown
- contempt
- contumely
- corruption
- culpability
- debasement
- defamation
- degradation
- derision
- disbarment
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disrepute
- disrespect
- humbling
- humiliation
- ignominy
- infamy
- ingloriousness
- meanness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pollution
- prostitution
- put down
- reproach
- scandal
- scorn
- shame
- slander
- slight
- slur
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- turpitude
- venality
noun as in opprobrium
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Example Sentences
He isn't purposely debasing the currency or setting the stage for massive inflation.
But lying talk radio hosts hurt us all by debasing our democracy's ongoing conversation.
Lying talk radio hosts hurt us all by debasing our democracy's ongoing conversation.
If old people arrive with new ideas, even if the path they take to high office is a little debasing, we will be well served.
It was a debasing, lowering occurrence, and he felt sure that it could hardly have taken place in his servants' hall.
Did you not see his crooked claws when he set the bowl before you, that you might wallow in the debasing drink?
Materialism, it is objected, makes of man a mere machine, which is considered very debasing to the human race.
The situation of Miriam during her exclusion from the camp suggest an observation on the debasing nature of sin.
It is a disgrace to be always wishing to shine; it is debasing to mount to the heights and then sink into the mire with the mob!
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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