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degraded

 
Adjective degraded has 2 senses
  1. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast - unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
    Antonym: moral (indirect, via immoral, amoral)
    Antonyms: amoral, unmoral (indirect, via moral, immoral)
  2. debased, devalued, degraded - lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"
    Antonym: high (indirect, via low)
Verb degrade has 3 senses
  1. degrade - reduce the level of land, as by erosion
    Antonyms:
    aggrade
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  2. take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
    --2 is one way to humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
    Derived forms: noun degradation2, noun degradation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. degrade, cheapen - lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
    --3 is one way to worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
    Derived forms: noun degradation2, noun degradation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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