debased

Definitions

Reduced in quality, value, or character; adulterated.

Lowered in moral standing or dignity; degraded.

Examples

The once-noble tradition had been debased by commercial interests and greed.

He felt that the constant use of slang had debased his command of the language.

Synonyms

degraded corrupted depraved devalued bastardized dishonored vitiated

Antonyms

ennobled elevated exalted honored purified improved upgraded