Debase
81disgrace — I noun abasement, abjectness, abomination, attaint, bad character, bad name, bad report, bad reputation, bad repute, badge of infamy, baseness, blemish, blot, brand, cause of reproach, cause of shame, comedown, condition of infamy, contempt,… …
82downgrade — I verb debase, decline, deduct, deflate, defrock, degrade, demote, depreciate, deprive, deteriorate, discredit, disgrace, disparage, humiliate, mock, pillory, reduce, supersede, suspend, unfrock II index debase, decline, deduct (reduce) …
83humiliate — I verb abase, abash, affront, befool, bespatter, blackball, blacken, brand, bring shame upon, cast a slur upon, cast down, contemn, cow, crush, debase, defame, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, depreciate, deride, derogate, discredit, disgrace,… …
84pollute — I verb adulterate, alloy, befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, degrade, denaturalize, deprave, desecrate, destroy, dirty, dishonor, filthify, foul, grime, impair, infect, maculate, make foul …
85stain — I verb attaint, bedaub, befoul, besmear, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, bring reproach upon, color, contaminate, corrupt, damage, daub, debase, defame, defile, detract from, dirty, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dye, grime,… …
86taint — / tānt/ vt: to damage or destroy the validity of evidence taint ed by an illegal search taint n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
87abase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. humble (See abash); demean, degrade; dishonor; cast down. See humility, servility. Ant., uplift, exalt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. humiliate, humble, debase; see humble . See Synonym Study at humble …
88defile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dirty, [befoul, tarnish, blacken; corrupt, debauch, contaminate; dishonor, debase, sully, drag in the dust, give a bad name. See uncleanness, impurity, disrepute. n. ravine, gorge, passage. See… …
89humiliate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shame, degrade, debase, demean; humble (see humility). See disrepute. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. debase, chasten, mortify, make a fool of, put to shame, humble, degrade, denigrate, crush, shame,… …
90profane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vulgar; sacrilegious, impious, unhallowed. v. t. debase, desecrate, defile, pollute; abuse. See impiety.Ant., sacred. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Worldly] Syn. temporal, transitory, transient; see… …
