bastardizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of bastardize
as in degrades
to lower in character, dignity, or quality bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste

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Recent Examples of bastardizes Additionally, adding the musical element further bastardizes this tale. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bastardizes
  1. degrades
  2. corrupts
  3. subverts
  4. weakens
  5. destroys
  6. dilutes
  7. debases
  8. humiliates
Verb
  • Because the watermark degrades with more thorough editing or in shorter samples of text, its usefulness may also be uneven depending on the department or assignment.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Monitoring their shifts shows that fast solar development degrades critical vegetation and food sources, threatening local biodiversity in ways other metrics often overlook.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of degrades
Verb
  • Forgetting his bond with the land, Mariano awakens the Ch’iqmi, a dark force that corrupts his people.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
  • One nanny will try to get to the bottom of it before all the partying, power and privilege corrupts her.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of corrupts
Verb
  • Seen through the lens of the Civil War and its aftermath, the piece subverts every expectation.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Although the Western genre is an ever-present influence, Grisebach subverts some of its tropes.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 May 2026
Definition of subverts
Verb
  • The use of noble language to describe a process that weakens constitutional guardrails only widens the disconnect between words and actions.
    — Yuripzy Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The erosion of those countries’ industrial capacity ultimately weakens their ability to compete with and resist China economically, diplomatically, and militarily.
    — Bill Cassidy, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of weakens
Verb
  • T cells, a type of immune cell that detects and destroys infected or abnormal cells, normally perform this inspection.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The white dwarf emits radiation and produces a giant gas bubble—the lion’s face—that destroys dust in its path.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroys
Verb
  • The maneuver also dilutes heavily Republican districts, as some GOP legislators have warned.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • When a company dilutes its shareholders, the stock’s value has a high probability of declining.
    — David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of dilutes
Verb
  • In order to emerge victorious in his quest to bring the World Cup to Mexico, De la Torre debases himself and backstabs shamelessly.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • In a new Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the composer behind the HBO show’s memorable soundtrack described an industry that debases its own art and the people who make it for the sake of consumerism.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of debases
Verb
  • Filming a scene in which Isaiah humiliates Cam, Withers asked Wayans to crack jokes about Kionte’s death — the defining event of Withers’ life, and his lowest point.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Diomande just humiliates fullbacks.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Definition of humiliates

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“Bastardizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastardizes. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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