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- Dictionarydegrading/dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing a loss of self-respect; humiliating: "the prisoners were subjected to cruel and degrading treatment"
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DEGRADING definition: 1. causing people to feel that they have no value: 2. causing people to feel that they have no…. Learn more.
The meaning of DEGRADING is causing or associated with a low, destitute, or demoralized state : causing someone to be or feel degraded. How to use degrading in a sentence.
to cause people to feel that they or other people have no value and do not have the respect or good opinion of others: Pornography degrades women. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. dishonourable.
degrade in British English. (dɪˈɡreɪd ) verb. 1. (transitive) to reduce in worth, character, etc; disgrace; dishonour. 2. (diːˈɡreɪd ) (transitive) to reduce in rank, status, or degree; remove from office; demote. 3. (transitive) to reduce in strength, quality, intensity, etc.
adjective. /dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ treating somebody as if they have no value, so that they lose their self-respect and the respect of other people. the inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners. degrading to somebody Many people complained that the song's lyrics were degrading to women. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Degrading describes something that is disrespectful or dishonorable like a degrading comment that angered everyone who heard it. The word degrading comes from degrade, which means "to treat someone with contempt."
1. a. : to lower in grade, rank, or status : demote. b. : to strip of rank or honors. c. : to lower to an inferior or less effective level. degrade the image quality. : to scale down in desirability or salability. 2. a. : to bring to low esteem or into disrepute. Their actions have degraded their profession.
to cause people to feel that they or other people have no value and do not have the respect or good opinion of others: Pornography degrades women. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. disgraced.
To degrade means to reduce the worth of something, as when smoke and pollution degrade the environment. The word can also mean to disrespect or insult: thoughtless comments can degrade a person. If you whistle at a passing woman, you're being disrespectful — your behavior degrades women.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective degrading. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
