debased

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Debased with posters and signs, the posts nonetheless retain something of their sylvan essence.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2021

If you’re a careful reader, you may be getting the impression that he hates himself, but in fact, Jay presents a kind of puritanical egoism sustained by constant bragging about Who Shall Be Most Debased.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2018

But Gresham's law also applies here: Debased sentiments drive out genuine remorse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Debased by him and his betters, it is still something brought out of Eden, where God made him a demigod: it does not depend on money and but little on time.

From Eugenics and Other Evils by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Hence many of our country churches, which were repaired or partly rebuilt in the century succeeding the Reformation, exhibit the marks of the style justly denominated Debased, to distinguish it from the former purer styles.

From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche