Debased vs Perverse - What's the difference?
debased | perverse | Related terms |
(debase)
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
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, title= (legal, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
Debased is a related term of perverse.
As a verb debased
is (debase).As an adjective perverse is
turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.debased
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(head)Anagrams
*debase
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Verb
(debas)Synonyms
* adulterate, degrade, demeanDerived terms
* debased * debasedness * debasement * debaser * undebasedReferences
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*perverse
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