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baseness

baseness

unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.

Related Terms

  • sordid (adj): meanly avaricious and mercenary.
    Synonyms: sordid "sordid avarice"
  • dirty (adj): unethical or dishonest.
    Synonyms: dirty "dirty police officers", sordid "a sordid political campaign"
  • contemptible (adj): deserving of contempt or scorn.
    Synonyms: contemptible
  • meanspirited (adj): having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality.
    Synonyms: meanspirited "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics", mean, base "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble", mean "taking a mean advantage"
  • seamy (adj): morally degraded.
    Synonyms: seamy "the seamy side of life", seedy "a seedy district", sleazy "sleazy characters hanging around casinos", sordid "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils", squalid "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
  • immoral (adj): not adhering to ethical or moral principles.
    Synonyms: immoral "they considered colonialism immoral", base "base and unpatriotic motives", dishonorable "cheating is dishonorable", dishonourable, unethical "unethical practices in handling public funds", dishonourable

Keywords and Synonyms

  • baseness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability, sordidness


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