debase debase /dɪˈbeɪs/ verb [T] ↑Verb Endings for debase
1 F0 to reduce the quality or value of something: » Some argue that money has debased football.» Our world view has become debased. We no longer have a sense of the sacred.Thesaurus+: ↑Deteriorating and making worsedebase the coinage/currency2 F0 to lower the value of a coin by making it from a less valuable metal Thesaurus+: ↑Value and price decreasesdebasement /-mənt/ noun [U] Thesaurus+: ↑Deteriorating and making worse |