bastardizing

Making impure, inferior

Bastardizing is the present participle of bastardize, meaning corrupting or debasing: They're bastardizing the recipe by adding ketchup.

corrupting

distorting

Misshaping or falsifying

diluting · denaturing · tainting · contaminating · falsifying · misrepresenting · twisting · warping · polluting · vitiating

Opposites
purity and integrity

bastardizingpurifying

Removing unwanted substances

cleansing · restoring · refining · purging · cleaning

authenticity and tradition

bastardizingpreserving

Protecting from deterioration

honoring · upholding · conserving · authenticating · safeguarding

quality and refinement

bastardizingelevating

Lifting to higher level

ennobling · refining · perfecting · enriching · enhancing

Family

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