debasing
debasing is the present participle and gerund of debase.
Meaning of debase
Verb
debase (third-person singular simple present debases, present participle debasing, simple past and past participle debased)
- To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- And just as history will decide whether the leaders of today's world employed the atom to destroy the world or rebuild it for mankind's benefit, so will history decide whether today's broadcasters employed their powerful voice to enrich the people or to debase them.1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest
- Synonyms:
- abase, adulterate, degrade, demean, debauch
- To lower in position or rank.
- Synonyms:
- cut down to size, demote, humble, abase, bring down to size, defame, degrade, demean, depress, discredit
- To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
- Synonyms:
- adulter, alloy, embase, abase, adulterate, adulterize, balderdash, corrupt, bastardize, dash
Noun
debasing (countable and uncountable, plural debasings)
- The act or process by which something is debased; a debasement.
Forms of debasing
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Questions about debasing
- What does debasing mean?
- Debasing means the act or process by which something is debased; a debasement.
- What is debasing the present participle and gerund of?
- Debasing is the present participle and gerund of debase.
- What part of speech is debasing?
- Debasing is a noun.
- What is the plural of debasing?
- The plural of debasing is debasings.
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