baseness
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher valuesSynonyms: sordidnesscontemptibilitydespicablenessdespicabilityType of unworthinessKinds swinishness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Base′ness (…), noun
The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.
I once did hold it a baseness to write fair.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54