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
- 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
- abuse
- asperse
- assail
- attack
- bad-mouth
- berate
- blister
- call down
- caluminate
- censure
- curse
- cuss
- damn
- debase
- decry
- defame
- denigrate
- denounce
- dig
- disparage
- dress down
- dump on
- give a black eye
- jinx
- knock
- libel
- malign
- mistreat
- mudsling
- pan
- put a whammy on
- put down
- rag on
- rap
- revile
- rip up
- roast
- run down
- scorch
- skin alive
- slam
- slander
- slur
- smear
- speak ill of
- tear down
- tear into
- traduce
- vituperate
- voodoo
- abate
- adulterate
- break up
- cripple
- crumble
- cut
- debase
- debilitate
- decline
- decrease
- depress
- devitalize
- dilute
- diminish
- droop
- dwindle
- ease up
- enervate
- exhaust
- fade
- fail
- faint
- flag
- give way
- halt
- impair
- impoverish
- invalidate
- languish
- lessen
- limp
- lose
- lose spirit
- lower
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- reduce
- relapse
- relax
- sap
- slow down
- soften
- temper
- thin
- thin out
- tire
- totter
- tremble
- undermine
- vitiate
- wane
- water down
- wilt
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