Improbity
101abject — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. servile, contemptible; miserable, wretched, hangdog; base. See servility, improbity, contempt. Ant., exalted, noble. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. miserable, wretched, degraded, servile; see humble 2 …
102badness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Hurtfulness Nouns 1. (quality of being bad) badness, hurtfulness, virulence, perniciousness, malignancy, malignity; insalubrity; ill or bad turn, evil star, ill wind; bane, pest, plague spot, scourge;… …
103base — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. basis, foundation, groundwork, support; basement, substructure; headquarters, depot; root; footing, floor; pavement; bottom; bedrock. v. found, establish; predicate; ground, rest, or build upon. See… …
104bet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wager, stake, gamble, play, lay odds. See chance, improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gamble, wager, venture, pot, ante, hazard, tossup, stake, speculation, betting, play, raffle, odds, uncertainty,… …
105betray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. play false; divulge, reveal. See information, improbity, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deliver into the hands of an enemy] Syn. play false, break faith (with), inform on, inform against, turn… …
106collaborate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. cooperate, pull together, pitch in; fraternize. See cooperation, improbity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. work together, collude, team up; see cooperate 1 , help 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …
107corrupt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. demoralize, vitiate, deprave, defile, degrade, debase, debauch; bribe, pervert; contaminate, spoil, taint. adj. wicked, demoralized, immoral, impure, dissolute, depraved, profligate, base; vicious; …
108crooked — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bent, curved, angular, sinuous, winding, askew, zigzag, twisted, warped; false, dishonest, fraudulent, deceptive, sneaking; oblique, aslant, distorted, awry. See improbity, distortion. II (Roget s… …
109cunning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craftiness Nouns 1. cunning, craft, craftiness, canniness, wit; gumption; slyness, artifice, art; subtlety, finesse, maneuvering; diplomacy, Machiavellianism, politics; resourcefulness; Jesuitry;… …
110demoralize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disconcert, dishearten; disorganize, confuse; corrupt, deprave. See impotence, dejection, improbity.Ant., boost, encourage. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dispirit, daunt, unnerve, destroy the morale of;… …
