Definitions for debases

debases de·base

Spelling: [dih-beys]
IPA: /dɪˈbeɪs/

Debases is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in debases (abdeess).

Definitions for debases

verb (used with object)

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

Origin of debases

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

Examples for debases

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Situations and circumstances ennoble the mind, or debase it.

Word Value for debases
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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