out; except, leave out, omit, delete, eliminate, remove, take or cut out; expel, eject, reject, Inf. kick out, oust; get rid of, discard, throw out.
2. delay, retard, slow up or down, impede; restrain, inhibit, repress, constrain, keep back; hinder, hamper, obstruct, get in the way; thwart, forestall, frustrate, foil, balk; block, check, abort, halt, stop, arrest; prevent, prohibit, proscribe, disallow, veto, forbid, taboo, debase, v. 1. devaluate, depreciate, deteriorate, vitiate, depress, lower, impair, level, reduce, degrade, demote, depose; demean, deprecate, disparage, belittle; shame, disgrace, dishonor, discredit; humble, humiliate, mortify.
2. adulterate, pollute, contaminate, spoil, mar, taint, dilute, weaken, mix, admix, thin, alloy, Inf. doctor; deprave, pervert, corrupt, desecrate, debauch, abase; defile, foul, befoul, soil, sully, smirch, besmirch, blacken, smear, smudge, stain, spatter, bespatter, debased, adj. 1. devalued, devaluated, depreciated, reduced, vitiated, lowered, impaired, deteriorated; adulterated, impure, mixed, polluted, fouled, befouled, tainted, soiled, contaminated, stained, tarnished, besmirched, desecrated, sullied, Inf. doctored.
2. depraved, debauched, degenerate, degraded, sor
did, corrupt, abandoned; base, vile, low, lapsed, fallen, vicious, despicable, contemptible; shameful, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable; abject, groveling, ignoble; inferior, worthless, debasement, n. 1. devaluation, depreciation, deterioration, descent, fall, reduction, lapse, impairment; adulteration, pollution, contamination.
2. degradation, degeneration, abasement, depravation, debauchery, baseness, decadence, corruption, perversion, defilement, desecration; disgrace, shame, dishonor, humiliation, ignominy, mortification, debatable, adj. 1. controversial, polemical, in dispute; subject to discussion, moot, open to question, in question, questionable, problematic, open to doubt, doubtful, dubitable, dubious; uncertain, unsure, unsettled, undecided, borderline.
2. discussable, disputable, contestable, arguable, controvertible, debate, n. 1. discussion, dispute, disputation, argumentation, polemic, logomachy, war of words; verbal controversy, altercation, wrangle, heated argument, disagreement, dissension, variance, difference of opinion.
2. deliberation, consideration, careful thought, meditation, reflection, contemplation, cogitation.
3. contest, contention, competition, struggle, strife. -v. 4. discuss, moot, bandy words, sift, Inf. kick around, SI. hash over; argue, argue the pros and cons, dispute, contend, contest, question; disagree, dissent, differ, controvert, oppose; spar, cross swords, lock horns, altercate, wrangle.
5. deliberate, consider, think over or on, meditate, reflect on, contemplate, cogitate, ponder, examine a question; think [s.t.] through, reason [s.t.] out, ratiocinate, logicize, explain, debauch, v. 1. seduce, pervert, subvert, demoralize, lead astray, lead away; (all toward immorality) tempt, allure, entice, inveigle; (all into immorality) trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, pull under.
2. corrupt, vitiate, debase, abase; pollute, contaminate, infect, poison, taint, befoul, soil, sully; defile, desecrate, deprave, deflower, profane; violate, abuse, ravish, rape, ruin.
3. dissipate, wanton, sow wild oats, live hard, live fast, have one's fling; overindulge, overdo, burn the candle at both ends, not know when to stop, not know when one has had enough; carouse, revel, wassail, roister, bouse, make merry, cut or let loose, Inf. party, Inf. live it up, Inf. step out, SI. make whoopee; go on a spree, make the rounds, SI. tie one on, SI. go on a binge or bender or toot, SI. paint the town red, SI. bar-hop, Brit. SI. pub crawl.