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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | debase |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, bestialize, brutalize, corrupt, debauch, declare illegitimate, degrade, demoralize, deprave, pervert, vitiate, warp |
| Antonyms: | appreciate, praise, value |
| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | abase, animalize, bastardize, bestialize, contaminate, corrupt, damage, defile, depreciate, doctor, dope up, impair, load, pervert, pollute, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, weight, worsen |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear, enhance, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | debauch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprave, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bastardize, bestialize, betray, brutalize, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, go bad, go to hell, intrigue, inveigle, lead astray, live in the gutter, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | demoralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt, pervert |
| Synonyms: | bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, debase, debauch, deprave, lower, vitiate, warp |
| Antonyms: | make good, moralize, purify |
| Main Entry: | deprave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt, lead astray |
| Synonyms: | bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, debase, debauch, degrade, demoralize, pervert, seduce, subvert, vitiate, warp |
| Antonyms: | ennoble, improve, moralize |
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, taint |
| Synonyms: | animalize, bastardize, besmirch, bestialize, blacken, blemish, blot, brutalize, color, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debase, debauch, defile, demoralize, deprave, discolor, disgrace, drag through the mud, dye, mark, pervert, smear, smudge, soil, spot, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge, tint |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | warp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, distort |
| Synonyms: | bastardize, brutalize, color, contort, corrupt, crook, curve, debase, debauch, deform, deprave, deviate, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, swerve, torture, turn, twist, vitiate, wind |
| Notes: | the warp are parallel strands; strands threaded over and under are weft or woof |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | animalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt |
| Synonyms: | bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, debase, debauch, degrade, dehumanize, demoralize, deprave, stain, vitiate |
| Main Entry: | bestialize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brutalize |
| Synonyms: | abuse, animalize, bastardize, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demoralize, deprave |
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