Debased - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

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The brewer is said to adulterate his beer

adjective

Not pure or genuine.

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Adulterate remedies

verb

To make something weaker or of worse quality by adding something else to it

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Saffron is very expensive, and is often adulterated with other plants.

noun

A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

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An alloy of nickel, bronze, and zinc

verb

Mix (metals) to make an alloy.

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Alloying tin with copper to make bronze

noun

A metal that is made by mixing together two or more metals, or a metal and another substance

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Примеры использования:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

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The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

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The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

verb

Change (something) in such a way as to lower its quality or value, typically by adding new elements.

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Our biggest fear was they were going to take our script and bastardize it

verb

To change something in a way that makes it fail to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent

verb

Make or become black or dark, especially as a result of burning, decay, or bruising.

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Stone blackened by the soot of ages

verb

To make something black

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For miles around, trees were blackened by the fire.

verb

To become black or to make something become black, for example because of dirt or smoke

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The folds of the curtains were blackened with dirt., the buildings were blackened by explosions., c…

noun

A small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.

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The girl's hands were without a blemish

verb

Spoil the appearance or quality of (something).

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His reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy

noun

A mark or fault that spoils the appearance of someone or something

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Makeup can cover up your skin blemishes., only one blemish spoiled her school record.

adjective

Savagely violent.

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A brutal murder

adjective

Cruel, violent, and completely without feelings

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A brutal dictator, he had presided over a brutal regime in which thousands of people had "disappear…

adjective

Not considering someone's feelings

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She spoke with brutal honesty - i was too old for the job.

verb

Reduce the price of.

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The depreciation of the dollar would cheapen us exports

verb

To make someone or something seem less valuable and less deserving of respect

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What the author hates about forgeries is that they cheapen true art.

verb

To reduce the price

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This has had the effect of cheapening uk exports.

verb

Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

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The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

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The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that contami…

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

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The government recently reported that 10% of farmland has been destroyed by pollution and that heav…

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

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It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

verb

Infect; contaminate.

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The corrupting smell of death

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

noun

A person who has committed a crime.

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These men are dangerous criminals

adjective

Relating to crime.

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They are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage

adjective

Involving or having the character of a crime

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She may face criminal charges for lying to a grand jury., he had an extensive criminal record (= an…

adjective

Indulging in or characterized by excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.

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A debauched lifestyle

verb

Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.

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He has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament

adjective

Made weaker or destroyed by bad sexual behaviour, drinking too much alcohol, taking drugs, etc.

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His debauched lifestyle

verb

Damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil.

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The land was defiled by a previous owner

noun

A steep-sided narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file).

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The twisting track wormed its way up a defile to level ground

verb

(of troops) march in single file.

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We emerged after defiling through the mountainsides

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

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A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

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Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

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The quality of life had degenerated

verb

Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

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She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women

verb

To reduce the quality of something

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Degrading water/air quality, degraded sound quality, the state is funding projects to restore degra…

verb

To become worse in quality, or to make something worse

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Unlike with a cassette player, the sound of the mp3 player doesn't degrade as the battery weakens.

adjective

Treated or regarded with contempt or disrespect.

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She had felt cheap and degraded

verb

Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

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She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women

verb

Past simple and past participle of degrade

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Pornography degrades women., every day the environment is further degraded by toxic wastes., these …

verb

Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).

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I had demeaned the profession

verb

Conduct oneself in a particular way.

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No man demeaned himself so honourably

verb

To cause to become less respected

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I wouldn’t demean myself by asking my father for money., it was demeaning to be asked to leave beca…

verb

Diminish in value over a period of time.

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The latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year

verb

To cause something to lose value, esp. over time

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Malawi’s currency was rapidly depreciating., the dollar’s depreciation will lead to higher inflatio…

verb

When a company depreciates an asset, such as a piece of equipment, it reduces its value in its accounts over a certain length of time

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Machine tools are typically depreciated over seven years., the government allowed the currency to d…

verb

Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of.

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I resent the way people seem to devalue my achievement

verb

To reduce the rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another

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It caused a major crisis when the pound was devalued., the banking system was in trouble before the…

verb

To reduce the rate at which money can be exchanged for foreign money

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Last year mexico was forced to devalue the peso.

verb

Make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it.

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Bleach can be diluted with cold water

adjective

(of a liquid) made thinner or weaker by having had water or another solvent added to it.

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The water turnover rates of hummingbirds feeding on dilute nectar are more similar to those of amph…

verb

To make a liquid weaker by mixing it with water or another liquid

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Dilute the bleach in water before adding it to the wash., he disinfected the tub with a solution of…

verb

Harm the good reputation of.

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His remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him

noun

Loss or lack of reputation or respect.

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His actions were such that they brought discredit on his profession

verb

To give people reason to stop believing someone or to doubt the truth of something

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The old soviet economic model has been thoroughly discredited., it’s the job of the defense to disc…

noun

Loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action.

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He left the army in disgrace

verb

Bring shame or discredit on.

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You have disgraced the family name

noun

Embarrassment and the loss of other people’s respect, or behavior that causes this

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He resigned in disgrace., he’s a disgrace to his family., the lies my opponent is telling about me …

noun

A state of shame or disgrace.

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They have brought dishonour upon our family

verb

Bring shame or disgrace on.

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The ceremony was undertaken if a pupil had done something to dishonour the school

verb

If a bank dishonours a cheque, it refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account of the person who has written the cheque

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The bank of australia reversed its decision to raise fees for dishonored checks., the government ha…

adjective

(of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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Unfortunately, his heir was feckless and dissolute

adjective

Showing a lack of good character and morals; immoral

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A dissolute life

adjective

(of a person) living in a way that other people strongly disapprove of

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He led a dissolute life, drinking, and womanizing till his death.

idiom

Speak unfavorably about

idiom

To damage someone's reputation by saying extremely insulting things about them

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

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A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

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The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

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That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

verb

Make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee.

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The computers hummed

noun

A low, steady continuous sound.

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The hum of insects

exclamation

Used to express hesitation or dissent.

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‘ah, hum, elsie, isn't it?’

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

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Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

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Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

adjective

Morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour

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An immoral act, immoral behaviour, it's an immoral tax, because the poor will pay relatively more.

adjective

Grossly unfair and morally wrong.

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An iniquitous tax

adjective

Very wrong and unfair

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It is an iniquitous system that allows a person to die because they have no money to pay for medici…

adjective

Feeling or revealing an overt sexual interest or desire.

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He gave her a lascivious wink

adjective

Feeling or expressing strong sexual desire

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Lascivious behavior

adjective

Crude and offensive in a sexual way.

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She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song

adjective

(esp. of behavior or speech) sexual in an obvious and socially unacceptable way

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Lewd remarks

adjective

Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

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The ruler's tyrannical and licentious behaviour

adjective

(especially of a person or their behaviour) sexual in an uncontrolled and socially unacceptable way

adjective

(of a person or their actions) characterized by sexually abnormal and unacceptable practices or tendencies.

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He whispered perverted obscenities

verb

Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something).

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He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice

adjective

(of an idea, policy, etc.) changed from its correct use or original purpose

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He used a perverted form of nationalism to incite anger among the crowd., you need not state the pa…

verb

Contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances.

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The explosion polluted the town with dioxin

Contaminate; make impure

verb

To make air, water, or earth dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, esp. by adding harmful chemicals or waste

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Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are polluting the groundwater., maybe there’s some kind of chem…

adjective

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

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Profligate consumers of energy

noun

A licentious, dissolute person.

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He is a drunkard and a profligate

noun

A person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.

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Others attended the ‘circuses’ in which prostitutes performed sexual stunts.

verb

Offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment.

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Although she was paid £15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself

noun

Someone, usually a woman, who has sex with people for money

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Hundreds of widowed or hungry women have had to prostitute themselves to survive., fig. some critic…

noun

A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.

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She was hot with shame

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed.

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I tried to shame him into giving some away

exclamation

Used to express sentimental pleasure, especially at something small and endearing.

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Look at the foals—shame, aren't they sweet?

adjective

Wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins.

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Sinful men

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

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I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

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The looters carried their spoils away

verb

To destroy or damage something, or to become destroyed or damaged

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[ t ] the oil spill spoiled five miles of coastline., [ t ] don’t tell me how it ends, you’ll spoil…

verb

Damage the purity or integrity of.

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They were outraged that anyone should sully their good name

verb

To spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation

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His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by half-truths and innuendos., no speck of dirt …

noun

A trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality.

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The lingering taint of creosote

verb

Contaminate or pollute (something).

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The air was tainted by fumes from the cars

noun

The perineum.

verb

Lose or cause to lose lustre, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture.

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Silver tarnishes too easily

noun

Dullness of colour; loss of brightness.

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Silver can be oxidized to give the effect of tarnish, and this coloration was popular in europe and…

verb

(of metal surfaces) to become less bright or a different color

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[ i ] silver tarnishes easily., [ t ] the scandal has tarnished the agency’s reputation.

adjective

Deliberately cruel or violent.

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A vicious assault

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

(of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent

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I don’t believe he is a vicious dog., the few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written a…

adjective

Extremely unpleasant.

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He has a vile temper

adjective

Evil or disgusting

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He responded with the vilest language imaginable., a vile mood/temper

adjective

Unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable

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This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.

verb

Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.

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Development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population

verb

To destroy or damage something

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He said that american military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns.

adjective

Evil or morally wrong.

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A wicked and unscrupulous politician

verb

Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

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Garments that wick moisture away from the skin

adjective

Morally wrong and bad

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He was a wicked, ruthless, and dishonest man., she has a wicked sense of humor., the demands of fun…