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Adjective degrading has 2 senses
- corrupting, degrading - harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"
Antonyms: innocuous, harmless (indirect, via noxious)
- debasing, degrading - used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
Antonyms: honorable, honourable (indirect, via dishonorable)
Verb degrade has 3 senses
- degrade - reduce the level of land, as by erosion
Antonyms: aggrade
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- 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
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- degrade, cheapen - lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
--3 is one way to worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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