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adjective

Definition of debauchednext
as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards the debauched philanderer was the talk of the town

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debauched

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verb

past tense of debauch
as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauched
  1. corrupt
  2. degraded
  3. sick
  4. decadent
  5. dissolute
  6. poisoned
  7. deteriorated
  8. weakened
Adjective
  • Not Arresting Trump | Opinion Instead of fostering violence or corrupt attempts at compromising the certification of election results, the post-election antics of the Republican party in North Carolina were quite peaceful.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Emmy winner and Oscar nominee was among three dozen wealthy parents across the country who paid a corrupt college consultant tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their children fraudulently admitted to top schools by inflating test scores or fabricating athletic accomplishments.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of corrupt
Verb
  • And Iran along with its other proxies have also been degraded by Israeli strikes.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Iran has seen its proxies across the region degraded by regular Israeli airstrikes.
    BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of degraded
Adjective
  • The agency said Wednesday that the person was exposed to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks; this is the first US bird flu case linked to a backyard flock.
    Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The patient had been in contact with sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
    Mike Stobbe and Jonel Aleccia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • This recipe takes a simple pumpkin cake and turns it into a wonderfully decadent dessert with a creamy, spiced filling and whipped topping with caramel, toffee bars, and nuts.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Indulge in twenty-four gourmet biscotti bedecked with six decadent flavors.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of decadent
Adjective
  • Imbert reminds us of social change and collapse via brief flashbacks to Pierre’s dissolute life before his fall.
    Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But as evidence of the miscarriage of justice gradually came to light — including the identity of the actual traitor, a dissolute nobleman named Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy — more people joined Dreyfus’ cause.
    Maurice Samuels / Made by History, TIME, 21 May 2024
Definition of dissolute
Verb
  • The reality is Kade was poisoned, murdered.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The lawsuit claims she was abused and poisoned.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of poisoned
Verb
  • Conditions had deteriorated overnight when the roof of a nearby mine collapsed.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Despite their durability, early diamond bits often deteriorated quickly under the severe conditions of geothermal sites—hot, hard rock and high temperatures posed substantial challenges.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of deteriorated
Verb
  • With Assad gone and Iran weakened, new commercial routes, reconstruction opportunities, and trade corridors beckon.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But Israeli bombardments have weakened Tehran as well as its allies in the Axis of Resistance—Lebanon's Hezbollah.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of weakened
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