Degraded and Virtuous

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Degraded adjective - Having or showing lowered moral character or standards.

Usage example: many observers deplored the fact that the city's festivities for Mardi Gras had become a degraded, drunken celebration

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Virtuous is an antonym for degraded.

Nearby Words: degradation, degrading

Virtuous adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.

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Degraded is an antonym for virtuous.

Nearby Words: virtue, virtuosity, virtuously, virtu

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Virtuous and Degraded. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/degraded/virtuous

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