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Synonyms for degrading
de·grad·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
corrupting, degradingadjective
harmful to the mind or morals
"corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"
Synonyms:
corrupting, contaminating, debasingAntonyms:
honorable, honourable, innocuousdebasing, degradingadjective
used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
Synonyms:
corrupting, debasingAntonyms:
honorable, honourable, innocuous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "degrading":
humiliating, demeaning, degrade, degradable, insulting, derogatory, degradation, denigrating
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#11185 | degradation | |
#25644 | insulting | |
#26371 | degrading | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#34738 | humiliating | |
#42627 | derogatory | |
#55825 | corrupting | |
#58167 | contaminating | |
#62854 | demeaning | |
#89221 | degradable | |
#121899 | denigrating | |
#186261 | debasing |
How to use degrading in a sentence?
They are degrading the performance of the mask.
There is no place for this type of demeaning or degrading behavior in our Corps -- this includes our actions online, we need to be brutally honest with ourselves and each other. This behavior hurts fellow Marines, family members, and civilians. It is a direct attack on our ethos and legacy.
Further, it is my hope that appropriate steps are taken by the University and any affiliated organizations to ensure that these two students know their words and actions are hurtful, degrading, and hateful towards the entire OU community, especially the black community.
People are celebrating, the capital has been liberated from our enemies, but as far as I am concerned there is little to celebrate because we still have fighting to do, our objectives are degrading the enemy's fighting capabilities. This is a criminal army and we will follow it everywhere to make sure it doesn't have the capacity to come back.
Cutting the hair of those arrested to ‘make them masculine’ and forcing them to dress like men are forms of public shaming and amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
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