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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Basest of men Would rise in bitterness and sting again.

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

The thief of God and man must have his fee: And thou, John Lackland, despicable prince - Basest of England's banes before or since!

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

Basest of Macedonians, could Antigonus ever have erected such a monument of your disgrace as you have set up yourselves by surrendering your general to him?

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey