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Synonyms for demeaning
de·mean·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifyingadjective
causing awareness of your shortcomings
"golf is a humbling game"
Synonyms:
mortifying, embarrassing, humbling, humiliatingAntonyms:
dignified
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "demeaning":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#19258 | embarrassing | |
#25644 | insulting | |
#26371 | degrading | |
#34738 | humiliating | |
#58424 | humbling | |
#62854 | demeaning | |
#96251 | patronising | |
#178788 | mortifying |
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The Mount Laurel Police Department:
And he [Mathews] not only used one of the most demeaning terms you can give to a black person, he said it with no hesitation, but he also said it once the police officer came and cursed at the police officer.
This came as a shock to all of us, it's bad and demeaning, how can a Member of Parliament be attacked inside the precincts of the house, it's sad that male Members of Parliament are threatened by our presence, they are thinking we are taking their territories and they are not ready to accommodate powerful women leaders coming up. Instead of being scared they should all do their job of service delivery like we do, not hit women. No.
There is no place for this type of demeaning or degrading behavior in our Corps -- this includes our actions online, we need to be brutally honest with ourselves and each other. This behavior hurts fellow Marines, family members, and civilians. It is a direct attack on our ethos and legacy.
Oftentimes the perpetrator is unaware that they have engaged in demeaning or offensive comments, so you have to make that visible to them.
The general use of the term ‘trophy wife’ in our society, is meant as a demeaning term toward the woman and a symbolic ‘high-five’ toward the man for scoring outside of his zone, i would prefer seeing more positive statements that are empowering for myself, my daughters and all women.
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- dégradantFrench
- degradantePortuguese
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