debases
Drags down morally
Debases means lowers in quality, value, or character.
Currency is debased by reducing precious metal content; a person debases themselves through undignified behavior; a tradition is debased when cheapened by commercialization.
The scandal debased the office of the presidency.
Constant reruns have debased what was once prestige television.
Diminishes in quality
- corruptsCauses moral decline
- demeansCauses loss of dignity
- cheapensReduces in value
- dishonorsBrings shame upon
shames · humiliates · disgraces · sullies · taints · perverts · defiles · profanes
Reduces perceived worth
- inflatesFills with gas
- dilutesReduces concentration by adding
- adulteratesCorrupts by adding impurities
- counterfeitsFraudulent imitations of valuables
depreciates · weakens · diminishes · cheapens · clips · shaves · alloys · debauches
Lowers in rank
- lowersDecreases or brings down
- humblesReduces in stature
- degradesDiminishes in quality
- subordinatesThose ranked below
diminishes · reduces · humiliates · belittles · disparages · condescends · marginalizes · disrespects
degrades
Diminishes in quality
dishonors · shames · humiliates · disgraces · sullies · taints · perverts · defiles · profanes · pollutes
devalues
Reduces perceived worth
- inflatesFills with gas
- dilutesReduces concentration by adding
- adulteratesCorrupts by adding impurities
counterfeits · depreciates · weakens · diminishes · cheapens · clips · shaves · alloys · debauches · manipulates
demotes
Lowers in rank
subordinates · diminishes · reduces · humiliates · belittles · disparages · condescends · marginalizes · disrespects · slights
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- tarnishesblemishes, blots, corrupts, defames, denigrates