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basest

ADJECTIVE

vulgar, low

Synonyms

STRONGEST

paltry

STRONG

common corrupt depraved foul grovelling humble mean menial offensive plebeian poor shoddy

WEAK

abject abominable cheap coarse contemptible despicable disgraceful dishonorable disreputable ignoble immoral indelicate loathsome lowly pitiful scandalous servile shameful sleazy sordid sorry squalid trashy ugly unworthy vile worthless wretched

Antonyms

STRONG

aristocratic clean good high honest honorable just kind moral nice noble pleasing pure rich superior uncorrupt upright wealthy

Example Sentences

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Detractors said the app catered to the basest human interests — celebrity gossip, scandal, disaster and violence — to keep users hooked as long as possible.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022

They prefer stuff like "Warrior Poet Society," because it flatters their basest instincts.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022

To their credit, jurors rejected this naked appeal to their basest selves.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2021

And not only the real — after all, even the basest trivialities are real — but the omnipresent, the immanent and the imminent, the stuff of being and nonbeing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2021

This is the basest of all possible emotions, the feeling that was with us before we existed, before this building existed, before the earth existed.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green