Thesaurus / debase
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He also brought up the South Carolina lawmaker’s willingness to debase himself for campaign cash during his other Fox interviews.
TUCKER MOCKS LINDSEY GRAHAM’S ‘FUNDRAISING’ FOX INTERVIEWS: ‘IT’S POLITICAL TELEVANGELISM’JUSTIN BARAGONASEPTEMBER 2, 2021THE DAILY BEASTIf we believe that moral leadership can improve a country, it follows that immoral leadership can debase it.
THERE’S NOTHING CONSERVATIVE ABOUT CPACMICHAEL GERSONFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis opportunism debases the information ecology by destroying our capacity to trust sources of knowledge or share beliefs about what is true, which in turn destroys our capacity for good decision making.
BIG TECH’S ATTENTION ECONOMY CAN BE REFORMED. HERE’S HOW.GIDEON LICHFIELDJANUARY 10, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThey’ve turned to quick fixes such as click-bait listicles and dubious news stories — the types of insubstantial, low-quality content that grabs attention on social at the cost of debasing society.
WITH QUALITY CONTENT, PUBLISHERS CAN OVERCOME THE ‘TYRANNY OF CHOICE’DURATION MEDIAOCTOBER 1, 2020DIGIDAYHow dreadfully these puttees and haversacks debase even the most beautiful figures.
SINISTER STREET, VOL. 1COMPTON MACKENZIEI cannot understand how human beings can so debase themselves.
THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHERJ.W. VON GOETHEMr. Belcher had not failed to debauch or debase the moral standard of every man over whom he had any direct influence.
SEVENOAKSJ. G. HOLLANDTo call these men statesmen is to debase the name, but they ruled the State, thanks to my Lady Castlemaine.
COURT BEAUTIES OF OLD WHITEHALLW. R. H. TROWBRIDGEHow many debase their bodies to hasten the perfection of their minds, and degrade their character to adorn their understanding!
THE AESTHETICAL ESSAYSFRIEDRICH SCHILLERIn order to debase Matvey, whose superiority irritates him, Titov asks him to participate in his extortions.
CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN NOVELISTSSERGE PERSKYWORDS RELATED TO DEBASE
- abase
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- blandish
- bow
- brown-nose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- cotton
- court
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- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- curry favor
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- defer
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- grovel
- honey up
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lick boots
- make up to
- massage
- oil
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
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- deferred
- fell all over
- fell on one's knees
- flattered
- grovelled
- honey up
- invited
- jollied
- knelt
- kowtowed
- lay it on
- lick boots
- made up to
- massaged
- oiled
- paid court
- pandered
- played up to
- scraped
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- snowed
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- submitted
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- was obsequious
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- yielded
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- abash
- bemean
- break
- bring down
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- crush
- cut to the quick
- debase
- deflate
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- deny
- discomfit
- discredit
- disgrace
- embarrass
- hide
- humiliate
- lower
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- mortify
- overcome
- pop one's balloon
- pull down
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- reduce
- silence
- sink
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- squash
- squelch
- strike dumb
- subdue
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- take down a peg
- upset
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- base
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- blister
- break
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- bring low
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- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- conquer
- crush
- cut down to size
- debase
- degrade
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- denigrate
- deny
- depress
- discomfit
- discountenance
- disgrace
- dishonor
- downplay
- humble
- lower
- make a fool of
- make ashamed
- mortify
- pan
- play down
- put out of countenance
- put to shame
- rip
- run down
- shame
- shoot down
- slam
- smear
- snub
- squash
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
- vanquish
- wither
- abases
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- bases
- bemeans
- blisters
- breaks
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- brings low
- casts down
- chagrins
- chastens
- confounds
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- conquers
- crushes
- cuts down to size
- debases
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- denies
- denigrates
- depresses
- discomfits
- discountenances
- disgraces
- dishonors
- downplays
- humbles
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- makes a fool of
- makes ashamed
- mortifies
- pans
- plays down
- puts out of countenance
- puts to shame
- rips
- runs down
- shames
- shoots down
- slams
- smears
- snubs
- squashes
- subdues
- takes down
- takes down a peg
- tears down
- vanquishes
- withers
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