单词 | debasing |
释义 | debasingn. The action of debase v. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > fall or reduction in value delayinga1500 embezzlement1548 embasing1551 fall1551 debasement1602 disvaluation1617 adulterateness1655 embasement1677 falling1699 depreciating1767 depreciation1767 debasing1891 devaluation1914 devalorization1928 slippage1972 1891 Athenæum 3 Oct. 448/1 In the fatal debasing of the coinage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). debasingadj. That debases. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adjective] vile1297 derogative1477 derogatory1502 vild1568 derogatoriousa1575 lessening1592 dishonoured1608 indignous1611 derogant1616 unmanning1625 infimatinga1641 prostituting1646 embasing1652 menial1673 degrading1684 debasing1775 vilifying1781 degradatory1783 dishonouring1843 relegating1872 demeaning1880 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 191 The misery of a debasing pauperism. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. iv. 198 Mahometanism..is as debasing..as it is false. Derivatives deˈbasingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adverb] vilelyc1290 degradingly1707 debasingly1847 menially1848 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. 1892 Harper's Mag. Nov. 946/1 It indicated more ignorance of what is debasingly called Life than knowledge of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1891adj.1775 |
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