Synonyms of bastardize
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Another word for bastardize is dilute. Other synonyms of bastardize are corrupt, butcher and debase.
Synonyms and similar words for bastardize
verbTo reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing...
- butcherTo mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
- debaseTo lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
- mongrelize
- sophisticateTo alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention...
- adulterate
- adulterizeTo adulterate.
- alloyTo impair or debase by mixture.
- corruptTo debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
- diluteTo weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- abase obsoleteTo lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
- adulter rareTo pollute something; to adulterate.
- balderdash archaicTo mix or adulterate.
- dash datedTo mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
- embase archaicTo lower the value of (a coin, commodity etc.); to debase (a coin) with alloy.
Meaning of bastardize
- verb To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
- verb To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
- verb To beget out of wedlock.
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