You will debase yourself with such behavior.
Source: tatoeba (41440)
Debase
Synonyms for "debase" (225 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Verb(19 words)
Strong matches (68)
Related words (112)
Verb(24 words)
elevateethergive a bad namehumblehumiliateknock down to sizeloadmisdirectpervertprofaneput someone in their placereducerelegateschlongsinkslursmirchsophisticatestretchsubvert
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embezzleenfeeblefawnfortifyfoulharmhaul downhold in contempthumblehumiliateimpairimpute shame toindentinfectinjureinsultknockknock downlacelet down
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loadlourlowermake little ofmaladministermarminimizemisapplymisappropriatemisemploymishandlemismanagemisusepeculatepervertpilferpillorypoisonpollutepress downprofaneprostitutepullpull downpush downput downput to shameravageravishreducereflect discredit uponreproachrotruinrun downsapset downshamesinkslightsophisticatespeak ill ofspikespoilstainstrip of ranksubmit to indignitytainttaketake downtamper withtarnishthrust downtrip uptwistulcerateundermineunfrockvilifyviolatevitiatevulgarizewarpwaterwater downweakenweightworsen
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40 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ստորացնել verb (lower in character, etc)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- alçaltmaq verb (lower in character, etc)
Bulgarian
2 entries- понижавам verb (lower in character, etc)
- унижавам verb (lower in character, etc)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 貶低 /贬低 verb (lower in character, etc)
Czech
2 entries- ponížit verb (lower in character, etc)
- znehodnotit verb (lower in character, etc)
Esperanto
1 entries- malaltigi verb (lower in character, etc)
Finnish
2 entries- heikentää verb (lower in character, etc)
- huonontaa verb (lower in character, etc)
French
1 entries- abâtardir verb (lower in character, etc)
German
4 entries- abwerten verb (lower in character, etc)
- entwürdigen verb (lower in character, etc)
- erniedrigen verb (lower in character, etc)
- herabsetzen verb (lower in character, etc)
Greek
3 entries- εξευτελίζω verb (lower in character, etc)
- υποβαθμίζω verb (lower in character, etc)
- υποτιμώ verb (lower in character, etc)
Hungarian
4 entries- fitymál verb (lower in character, etc)
- lealacsonyít verb (lower in character, etc)
- lefitymál verb (lower in character, etc)
- lekicsinyel verb (lower in character, etc)
Irish
1 entries- truailligh verb (lower in character, etc)
Italian
1 entries- avvilire verb (lower in character, etc)
Japanese
1 entries- 変造する verb (lower in character, etc)
Māori
2 entries- whakatautauhea verb (lower in character, etc)
- whakatautauwhea verb (lower in character, etc)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nedverdige verb (lower in character, etc)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوزمق verb (lower in character, etc)
Portuguese
1 entries- rebaixar verb (lower in character, etc)
Romagnol
1 entries- adulterêr verb (lower in character, etc)
Romanian
1 entries- degrada verb (lower in character, etc)
Russian
1 entries- унижать verb (lower in character, etc)
Spanish
3 entries- degradar verb (lower in character, etc)
- envilecer verb (lower in character, etc)
- viciar verb (lower in character, etc)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Why would you debase yourself like that?
Source: tatoeba (11074271)
Believe me, Tom, it's not possible for you to debase yourself.
Source: tatoeba (11074278)
We cannot, as a government, debase ourselves to the level of the criminals that we punish.
Source: tatoeba (11176484)
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