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deboshed

deboshed adjective: corrupted; in a sorry state. Also the obsolete form of debauched.

Adjective

deboshed (comparative more deboshed, superlative most deboshed)

  1. Corrupted; in a sorry state.
    • Mrs Dibble was in her morning state of sobriety, which is to say that, having had a few gins, her deboshed innards were temporarily stultified, and gave her the illusion of functioning correctly when they were merely in a state of torpor.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 15

Also used as

deboshed is also the obsolete form of debauched.

deboshed is also the simple past and past participle of debosh.

Forms of deboshed

comparativemore deboshed
superlativemost deboshed

Questions about deboshed

What does deboshed mean?
Deboshed means corrupted; in a sorry state.
What part of speech is deboshed?
Deboshed is an adjective.

Words near deboshed in the dictionary

  1. Deborok
  2. deboronation
  3. deboronations
  4. Debos
  5. debosh
  6. deboshed
  7. deboshes
  8. deboshing
  9. deboshment
  10. deboshments
  11. debosht

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