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Synonyms for degrade
dɪˈgreɪd or, for 3 , di-de·grade
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
degrade
Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.
Synonyms:
abase, bring low, cast down, debase, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sinkAntonyms:
advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift
Princeton's WordNet
degradeverb
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
Synonyms:
cheapen, put down, take down, disgrace, demeanAntonyms:
aggradetake down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put downverb
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
Synonyms:
unload, land, write down, repose, bring down, cheapen, dishonour, pull down, raze, drop off, disgrace, lower, discredit, take down, dismantle, get down, place down, demean, shame, record, lay, tear down, let down, level, set down, put down, attaint, dishonor, drop, enter, discharge, destroy, rase, noteAntonyms:
aggradedegrade, cheapenverb
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
Synonyms:
cheapen, put down, take down, disgrace, demeanAntonyms:
aggrade
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#364 | level | |
#460 | note | |
#657 | enter | |
#773 | land | |
#782 | record | |
#1104 | lower | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2158 | drop | |
#4324 | lay | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8184 | shame | |
#12155 | humble | |
#22311 | degraded | |
#26371 | degrading | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#28374 | unload | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#35497 | dismantle | |
#36900 | discredit | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#38211 | repose | |
#38479 | downgrade | |
#46656 | decompose | |
#47884 | depress | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#63083 | humiliate | |
#85589 | raze | |
#86679 | demean | |
#92722 | dishonour | |
#108826 | demote | |
#123302 | cheapen | |
#147846 | rase | |
#162847 | debase | |
#205592 | abase |
How to use degrade in a sentence?
There's a great deal of energy and effort being put into this and I am confident that over time, we will beat, we will, indeed, degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL, yes.
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you -- the social reformers -- see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them.
China could use missile attacks and precision air strikes against air defense systems, including air bases, radar sites, missiles, space assets, and communications facilities to degrade Taiwan's defenses, neutralize Taiwan's leadership, or break the Taiwan people's resolve.
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