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Meanings of baseness in English

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bastardia

Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.

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        Usage of baseness in English
        1
        He exalted the dignity of labor, and scorned all baseness and lies.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
        2
        They are not in love with baseness: it is forced upon them.
        The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
        3
        In the discovery of her baseness, she had made a poor figure.
        Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
        4
        Upon the line of baseness,-thedeserter is placed next to the traitor.
        Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
        5
        When Parker painted the moral baseness of the times, men acquiesced shamefacedly.
        Frederick Douglass / A Biography
        6
        He looked down on the world from the height of his baseness.
        Note-Book of Anton Chekhov
        7
        For that we were thoroughly punished and failed even in our baseness.
        The Path of the King
        8
        Carried to such a pitch, expressed so ingenuously, baseness was almost comic.
        Eyeless in Gaza
        9
        God save me from the meanness of envy, the baseness of jealousy.
        Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
        10
        I cannot express the shame I feel at this revelation of baseness.
        Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute
        11
        The worst hypocrisy is that which is unconscious of its own baseness.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
        12
        Not only the baseness, but also the absurdities of dreams, exasperated me.
        The Bride of Dreams
        13
        The Stoics despised prevailing baseness, and set examples of a severe morality.
        The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
        14
        There could be naught of cruelty or baseness beneath that godlike exterior.
        Tarzan of the Apes
        15
        I knew not that such baseness lived-stillless that it was here.
        Zenobia; or, the Fall of Palmyra
        16
        That shows the baseness of your soul and your lack of judgment.'
        Malayan Literature: Comprising Romantic Tales, Epic Poetry and R...
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