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base (Bad), adjective contemptible, cowardly, despised, disreputable, heinous, immoral, odious, virtueless, wicked

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base (Inferior), adjective abject, cheap, common, dirty, lowly, mean, menial, poor

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base (Foundation), noun basis, cause, pivotal argument, starting point, support

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base (Place), noun abode, center, central headquarters, headquarters, place, station

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See also: arrant, bad, basis, caitiff, cause, center, consequence, contemptible, contemptuous, cornerstone, corrupt, culpable, depraved, derivation, determinant, disgraceful, disreputable, essence, felonious, foundation, gist, ground, headquarters, heinous, ignoble, immoral, inelegant, inexpiable, inferior, iniquitous, loathsome, machiavellian, nefarious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, onerous, outrageous, peccant, perfidious, perverse, plant, poor, profligate, reason, recreant, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, seat, significance, site, sordid, subservient, unscrupulous, unseemly, unworthy

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BASE. Something low; inferior. This word is frequently used in composition; as base court, base estate, base fee, &c.