Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to debase
Participle: debased
Gerund: debasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | debase |
| you | debase |
| he;she;it | debases |
| we | debase |
| you | debase |
| they | debase |
Perfect
| I | have debased |
| you | have debased |
| he;she;it | has debased |
| we | have debased |
| you | have debased |
| they | have debased |
Past
| I | debased |
| you | debased |
| he;she;it | debased |
| we | debased |
| you | debased |
| they | debased |
Pluperfect
| I | had debased |
| you | had debased |
| he;she;it | had debased |
| we | had debased |
| you | had debased |
| they | had debased |
Future
| I | will debase |
| you | will debase |
| he;she;it | will debase |
| we | will debase |
| you | will debase |
| they | will debase |
Future Perfect
| I | will have debased |
| you | will have debased |
| he;she;it | will have debased |
| we | will have debased |
| you | will have debased |
| they | will have debased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | debase |
| you | debase |
| he;she;it | debase |
| we | debase |
| you | debase |
| they | debase |
Perfect
| I | have debased |
| you | have debased |
| he;she;it | have debased |
| we | have debased |
| you | have debased |
| they | have debased |
Imperfect
| I | debased |
| you | debased |
| he;she;it | debased |
| we | debased |
| you | debased |
| they | debased |
Pluperfect
| I | had debased |
| you | had debased |
| he;she;it | had debased |
| we | had debased |
| you | had debased |
| they | had debased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would debase |
| you | would debase |
| he;she;it | would debase |
| we | would debase |
| you | would debase |
| they | would debase |
Perfect
| I | would have debased |
| you | would have debased |
| he;she;it | would have debased |
| we | would have debased |
| you | would have debased |
| they | would have debased |
Imperative
| you | debase |
| we | Let's debase |
| you | debase |
Verbs conjugated like 'debase'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'debase'
debate,
rebase,
abase,
base,
cease,
dase,
deage,
deash,
deass,
deave,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make ashamed; to destroy the self-possession of
- abase, bring low, degrade, demean, depress, disconcert, lower, mortify, put to shame, abash
- to make or render worse
- adulterate, aggravate, canker, contaminate, corrupt, debauch, defile, deflower, degrade, deteriorate, envenom, exacerbate, impair, infect, pejorate, set back, stain, vitiate, weaken
- adulterate
- profane, cheapen, pervert, animalize, shame, devaluate, befoul, bastardize
- humiliate
- disgrace, abase, humble, degrade, demean, depress, deteriorate, impair
Antonyms
- adulterate
- purify, refine, improve, free
- humiliate
- praise, exalt, honor, glorify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From de- + base, from Old French bas, from Latin bassus. Cognate with Spanish debajo (“under, beneath, below”). Compare abase.
Sample Sentences
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And just as history will decide whether the leaders of today's world employed the atom to destroy the world or rebuild it for mankind's benefit, so will history decide whether today's broadcasters employed their powerful voice to enrich the people or to debase them. [1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest:]