"debased" meaning in English

See debased in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more debased [comparative], most debased [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} debased (comparative more debased, superlative most debased)
  1. Brought low; degraded.
    Sense id: en-debased-en-adj-1iDzNxjm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 20 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 15 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 17 1
  2. (heraldry) Abased, abaissé: (of a charge) borne lower than usual. Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-debased-en-adj-T6LbJ8Mx Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: debasedness, undebased

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} debased
  1. simple past and past participle of debase Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: debase
    Sense id: en-debased-en-verb-LFz5mbvY
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