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91vitiate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. adulterate, weaken; impair, spoil; destroy, void, in validate; corrupt, contaminate, pollute; deteriorate. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To invalidate] Syn. annul, recant, cancel,… …
92cheapen — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ruin, spoil, debase, mar, degrade, devalue, undervalue, reduce, diminish, demean, depreciate, render worthless; see also corrupt 1 , damage 1 , depreciate 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. depreciate, degrade, lower,… …
93Deterioration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deterioration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deterioration deterioration debasement Sgm: N 1 wane wane ebb Sgm: N 1 recession recession &c. 287 Sgm: N 1 retrogradation retrogradation &c. 283 …
94mains — (*) [akin to Eng mean, Ger gemein] : common. Deriv. mainduths (*) community, mainei (*) community, mainja (*) participant, mainjan (*) debase, mainths (*) community. Comp. gagamainjan make common, gamains common, gamainduths community, gamainei… …
95demean — lower in dignity, c.1600, perhaps from DE (Cf. de ) down + MEAN (Cf. mean) (adj.) and modeled on DEBASE (Cf. debase). Indistinguishable in some uses from obsolete demean (see DEMEANOR (Cf. demeanor)) which influenced it and may be its true source …
96defile — verb 1) her capacity for love had been defiled Syn: spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade; poison, taint, tarnish; destroy, ruin Ant: purify 2) the sacred bones were defile …
97amend — reform, *correct, rectify, revise, emend, remedy, redress Analogous words: *improve, better, ameliorate: *mend, repair: elevate, raise, *lift Antonyms: debase: impair Contrasted words: corrupt, vitiate, deprave, debauch, pervert (see DEBASE): * …
98profligate# — profligate adj dissolute, reprobate, *abandoned Analogous words: debauched, corrupted, depraved, debased, perverted (see under DEBASE): degenerate, corrupt, *vicious: ioose, relaxed, slack, lax profligate n *spendthrift, prodigal, wastrel, waster …
99reduce — 1 *decrease, lessen, diminish, abate, dwindle Analogous words: *shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail, retrench: *contract, shrink, condense Contrasted words: *increase, augment, enlarge, multiply: *extend …
100spoil — n Spoil, plunder, booty, prize, loot, swag can mean something of value that is taken from another by force or craft. Spoil applies to the movable property of a defeated enemy, which by the custom of old time warfare belongs to the victor and of… …
