"baseness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪsnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baseness.wav Forms: basenesses [plural]
Etymology: From base + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|base|ness}} base + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} baseness (countable and uncountable, plural basenesses)
  1. The quality or condition of being base. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-baseness-en-noun-hysz66Ef Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 81 19 Synonyms: depravity, perversion, turpitude, baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, iniquity, lewdity, malignity, misdoing, misguilt, obliquity, peccability, perversion, pollution, pravity [archaic], sin, sinfulness, turpitude, vitiation, wickedness, wrongdoing
  2. The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-baseness-en-noun-U7tEhwiC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (the state of being vile): laaghartigheid [feminine] (Dutch), Niedertracht [feminine] (German), zemiskums [masculine] (Latvian), رذالت (rezâlet) (Ottoman Turkish), ни́зость (nízostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ни́зькість (nýzʹkistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'the state of being vile': 55 45

Inflected forms

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