deprave

Main Entry:
deprave [dih-preyv]
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: bastardize
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: canker
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blight, corrupt
Synonyms: animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, envenom, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate
Main Entry: contaminate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adulterate
Synonyms: alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, muck up, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, radioactivate, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate
Antonyms: clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize
Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pervert; pollute
Synonyms: abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, grease palm, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste
Antonyms: better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify
Main Entry: debase
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: degrade, shame
Synonyms: abase, bemean, cast down, cheapen, corrupt, cripple, debauch, debilitate, demean, demoralize, deprave, devaluate, devalue, disable, disgrace, dishonor, drag down, dump on, enfeeble, fluff off, humble, humiliate, lower, put away, put down, reduce, sap, shoot down, sink, take down a peg, take down, undermine, weaken
Antonyms: elevate, honor, laud, praise, upgrade, value
Main Entry: degenerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decay, deteriorate
Synonyms: backslide, come apart at seams, corrode, corrupt, decline, decrease, deprave, descend, die on vine, disimprove, disintegrate, fall off, go downhill, go to pieces, go to the dogs, lapse, lessen, regress, retrogress, return, revert, rot, sink, slip, vitiate, worsen
Notes: to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality
Antonyms: develop, improve
Main Entry: degrade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shame, humiliate
Synonyms: abase, belittle, bemean, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cast down, cheapen, corrupt, cut down to size, debase, debauch, declass, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, disbar, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, mudsling, pan, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down, shoot down, sink, slam, take down a peg, take down, tear down, vitiate, weaken
Antonyms: admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, 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
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