'Debased' definitions:

Definition of 'debased'

From: WordNet
adjective
Mixed with impurities [syn: adulterate, adulterated, debased]
adjective
Lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency" [syn: debased, devalued, degraded]
adjective
Ruined in character or quality [syn: corrupted, debased, vitiated]

Definition of 'Debased'

From: GCIDE
  • Debase \De*base"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debased; p. pr. & vb. n. Debasing.] [Pref. de- + base. See Base, a., and cf. Abase.] To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words. [1913 Webster]
  • The coin which was adulterated and debased. --Hale. [1913 Webster]
  • It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. --Pope.
  • Syn: To abase; degrade. See Abase. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Debased'

From: GCIDE
  • Debased \De*based"\, a. (Her.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed. [1913 Webster]

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