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Synonyms for degrade
dɪˈgreɪd or, for 3 , di-de·grade
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, sinkAntonyms:
advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift
Princeton's WordNet
degradeverb
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
Synonyms:
cheapen, put down, take down, disgrace, demeanAntonyms:
aggradetake 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, noteAntonyms:
aggradedegrade, cheapenverb
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
Synonyms:
cheapen, put down, take down, disgrace, demeanAntonyms:
aggrade
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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#364 | level | |
#460 | note | |
#657 | enter | |
#773 | land | |
#782 | record | |
#1104 | lower | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2158 | drop | |
#4324 | lay | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8184 | shame | |
#12155 | humble | |
#22311 | degraded | |
#26371 | degrading | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#28374 | unload | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#35497 | dismantle | |
#36900 | discredit | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#38211 | repose | |
#38479 | downgrade | |
#46656 | decompose | |
#47884 | depress | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#63083 | humiliate | |
#85589 | raze | |
#86679 | demean | |
#92722 | dishonour | |
#108826 | demote | |
#123302 | cheapen | |
#147846 | rase | |
#162847 | debase | |
#205592 | abase |
How to use degrade in a sentence?
There's a very thin line between the terrorists and the (local) population ... Turkey can degrade the PKK but it will take time, especially in the cities.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
We are not walking away from our African partners. In fact, because their capability has improved to the level it has, they're capable of conducting lots of these tactical operations on their own, we're going to help them to degrade the enemies that we share in common. They are fighting America's enemies. These are sworn enemies of the United States, United States's why we're here. We can fight them here or we can fight them somewhere else at a much higher cost.
I stand against any person or organization that peddles this type of unbridled hate and unapologetic bigotry, these vile efforts to degrade and disparage others are contrary to the highest ideals of our state and country. We unequivocally condemn this group and their horrible actions.
The nice thing about this kind of analysis as well is that it can be used in cold cases as well, because the chemical structures on the DNA do not degrade, they're stuck there as long as the DNA is there. So in cases where you have blood stains from 20 years ago, for example, you can actually go back and look at how old that suspect - or that perpetrator - was, for example.
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