bastardising
Ruining through alteration
Bastardising is the British spelling of bastardizing—corrupting, degrading, or debasing something from its original or pure form.
The word implies illegitimate alteration, treating the result as inferior to the original: They're bastardising the recipe by using cheap ingredients.
Often used to criticize changes to traditions, artforms, or standards.
Distorting from proper use
- debasingLowering in quality
- degradingLowering in worth
- defilingCorrupting purity or sanctity
- taintingPolluting or corrupting
vitiating · contaminating · polluting · debauching · subverting · depraving · desecrating · profaning
Destructive distortion or disfigurement
- twistingRotating with distortion
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
- garblingCorrupting transmitted information
- contortingTwisting into unnatural shapes
misrepresenting · falsifying · misinterpreting · misstating · doctoring · tampering · travestying · mutilating
Making weaker or milder
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- thinningReducing density or number
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
reducing · attenuating · cutting · mixing · stretching · extending · lowering · debasing
Taking for one's use
- misusingEmploying incorrectly or improperly
- disrespectingShowing lack of regard
- profaningViolating sacred things
- desecratingViolating something sacred
commercialising · exploiting · trivialising · vulgarising · coarsening · dumbing down · oversimplifying · westernising
perverting
Distorting from proper use
tainting · vitiating · contaminating · polluting · debauching · subverting · depraving · desecrating · profaning · adulterating
mangling
Destructive distortion or disfigurement
- twistingRotating with distortion
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
- garblingCorrupting transmitted information
contorting · misrepresenting · falsifying · misinterpreting · misstating · doctoring · tampering · travestying · mutilating · butchering
watering down
Making weaker or milder
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- thinningReducing density or number
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
lessening · reducing · attenuating · cutting · mixing · stretching · extending · lowering · debasing · cheapening
appropriating
Taking for one's use
- misusingEmploying incorrectly or improperly
- disrespectingShowing lack of regard
- profaningViolating sacred things
desecrating · commercialising · exploiting · trivialising · vulgarising · coarsening · dumbing down · oversimplifying · westernising · anglicising
bastardisingpurifying
Removing unwanted substances
restoring · refining · authenticating · purging · cleansing
bastardisingpurifying
Removing unwanted substances
preserving · honouring · maintaining · conserving · restoring
bastardisingrestoring
Returning to original condition
rehabilitating · reconstituting · revitalising · regenerating · renewing
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