Synonyms for demeaning
de·mean·ing

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1. demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifyingadjective

   causing awareness of your shortcomings

   "golf is a humbling game"

   Synonyms:
   mortifying, embarrassing, humbling, humiliating

   Antonyms:
   dignified

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1. List of paraphrases for "demeaning":

   humiliating, degrading, patronising, insulting

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How to use demeaning in a sentence?

1. Derald Wing Sue:

   Oftentimes the perpetrator is unaware that they have engaged in demeaning or offensive comments, so you have to make that visible to them.

2. Nikole Hannah-Jones:

   Black Americans, because of slavery, don't know what country in Africa they came from, and that's a very demeaning experience for a child.

3. Mayor Bloomberg:

   The way you should get the guns out of the kids hands is to throw them up against the wall and frisk them, the way he feels about people is so demeaning. The policy may have been stop and frisk, but the philosophy was to castigate and denigrate people of color, and its a disgrace.

4. Michael Kelly:

   [Trump becoming president] worries the hell out of me because he's displayed this short fuse, if he doesn't like something he's going to yell or he's going to be belittle someone or he's going to make demeaning remarks to different races, to women, to whoever he's disagrees with. Imagine that scenario playing out around the world.

5. Paul Goulet:

   For me, it goes back to faith and values, hof has a profession making money out of young women who sell their bodies for sexual favors. It's demeaning to women. I can't wrap my brain around supporting someone who does that.