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stain
verb. dirty, taint
  • animalize
  • bastardize
  • besmirch
  • bestialize
  • blacken
  • blemish
  • blot
  • brutalize
  • color
  • contaminate
  • corrupt
  • daub
  • debase
  • debauch
  • defile
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • discolor
  • disgrace
  • drag through the mud
  • dye
  • mark
  • pervert
  • smear
  • smudge
  • soil
  • spot
  • sully
  • tar
  • tarnish
  • tinge
  • tint

subvert
verb. rebel, destroy
  • capsize
  • contaminate
  • corrupt
  • debase
  • defeat
  • demolish
  • deprave
  • depress
  • extinguish
  • invalidate
  • invert
  • level
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • pervert
  • poison
  • pull down
  • raze
  • reverse
  • ruin
  • sabotage
  • supersede
  • supplant
  • suppress
  • topple
  • tumble
  • undermine
  • upset
  • vitiate
  • wreck

taint
verb. dirty, contaminate; ruin
  • adulterate
  • besmirch
  • blacken
  • blemish
  • blight
  • blot
  • blur
  • brand
  • break down
  • cast a slur
  • cloud
  • cook
  • corrupt
  • crud up
  • crumble
  • cut
  • damage
  • debase
  • decay
  • decompose
  • defile
  • deprave
  • discolor
  • discredit
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • disintegrate
  • doctor
  • foul
  • give a bad name
  • harm
  • hurt
  • infect
  • muddy
  • poison
  • pollute
  • putrefy
  • rot
  • shame
  • smear
  • soil
  • spike
  • spoil
  • stain
  • stigmatize
  • sully
  • tar
  • tarnish
  • trash
  • turn
  • water
  • water down

vitiate
verb. hurt, corrupt
  • blemish
  • blight
  • brutalize
  • contaminate
  • damage
  • debase
  • debauch
  • defile
  • deprave
  • deteriorate
  • devalue
  • harm
  • impair
  • injure
  • mar
  • pervert
  • pollute
  • prejudice
  • spoil
  • sully
  • taint
  • tarnish
  • violate
  • warp
  • water down
  • weaken

warp
verb. bend, distort
  • bastardize
  • brutalize
  • color
  • contort
  • corrupt
  • crook
  • curve
  • debase
  • debauch
  • deform
  • deprave
  • deviate
  • misrepresent
  • misshape
  • pervert
  • swerve
  • torture
  • turn
  • twist
  • vitiate
  • wind

animalize
verb. corrupt
  • bastardize
  • bestialize
  • brutalize
  • debase
  • debauch
  • degrade
  • dehumanize
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • stain
  • vitiate

bestialize
verb. brutalize
  • abuse
  • animalize
  • bastardize
  • corrupt
  • debase
  • debauch
  • degrade
  • demoralize
  • deprave

brutalize
verb. corrupt
  • animalize
  • coarsen
  • debase
  • debauch
  • dehumanize
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • harden
  • pervert
  • vitiate
  • warp
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Word Origin & History

deprave mid-14c., from O.Fr. depraver, from L. depravare "corrupt," from de- "completely" + pravus "crooked."

Example Sentences for deprave

Better take them away from those who might deprave them.

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