Synonyms for degrade
dɪˈgreɪd or, for 3 , di-de·grade

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1. degrade

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

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1. degradeverb

   reduce the level of land, as by erosion

   Synonyms:
   cheapen, put down, take down, disgrace, demean

   Antonyms:
   aggrade

2. take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put downverb

   reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

   "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

   Synonyms:
   unload, land, write down, repose, bring down, cheapen, dishonour, pull down, raze, drop off, disgrace, lower, discredit, take down, dismantle, get down, place down, demean, shame, record, lay, tear down, let down, level, set down, put down, attaint, dishonor, drop, enter, discharge, destroy, rase, note

   Antonyms:
   aggrade

3. degrade, cheapenverb

   lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

   Synonyms:
   cheapen, put down, take down, disgrace, demean

   Antonyms:
   aggrade

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1. degradeverb

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, dishonor, discredit, break, cashier, reduce to inferior rank

2. degradeverb

   Synonyms:
   lower, sink, deteriorate, impair, injure, debase, vitiate, pervert, alloy

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1. degradeverb

   Synonyms:
   abase, debase, disgrace, pervert, humiliate, dishonor

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1. List of paraphrases for "degrade":

   degraded, deteriorate, decompose, degrading, demean, demote, downgrade, humiliate

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1. Fox News ' Todd Starnes:

   Once again he refuses to acknowledge what we all know: this was the work of Islamic extremists, the president spoke briefly, using words like 'defeat' and 'degrade.' Degrade? ISIS does not need to be degraded. They need to be destroyed. Obliterated. Wiped off the face of the Earth.

2. Jeremy Konyndyk:

   Health worker infections are a huge blow, because beyond adding to case counts, they degrade the health system's capacity to fight the outbreak and they undermine the health system's work on a range of other health risks as well.

3. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   I have never consciously boasted myself but from hereon I make a point not to even unconsciously undermine or degrade myself!

4. Antony Blinken:

   This action supports our goal to degrade Moscow’s capacity to wage war against Ukraine, to promote accountability for those responsible for Russia’s war of aggression and associated abuses, and to place further pressure on Russia’s defense sector.

5. Theresa May:

   So there is no practicable alternative to the use of force to degrade and deter the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime.