Definitions for debase

debase de·base

Spelling: [dih-beys]
IPA: /dɪˈbeɪs/

Debase is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in debase (abdees).

Definitions for debase

verb (used with object)

  1. to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
  2. to lower in rank, dignity, or significance:

Origin of debase

1555-65; de- + base2; cf. abase

Examples for debase

It has pleased the gods to debase my House and to set up yours.

By heaven, if time could so debase my soul I would spurn immortality.

Instead of hallowing the life it will debase and impoverish it.

Instead, I endeavored to strive even harder so that I would not debase his legacy.

Where is the man who will not debase himself if he be in want?

If visions of truth and beauty can exalt, visions of vice can debase and degrade.

Situations and circumstances ennoble the mind, or debase it.

I will not debase what I have to say by resorting to comparisons.

Both are harmful, but the debt route is a less visible way to debase the currency.

Do not debase yourself and become lower than the beasts of the field.

Word Value for debase
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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