demean

(Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To debase; to lower; to degrade.
2. (transitive) To humble; to humiliate.
3. (transitive) To mortify.

Noun

1. (obsolete, transitive, uncountable, usually) Management; treatment.
2. (obsolete, transitive, uncountable, usually) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.

Noun

1. (transitive) demesne.
2. (transitive) resources; means.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dɪˈmiːn/

Etymologie (Engels)

(1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean.

Concepten

vernederen

kleinmaken

verootmoedigen

neerhalen

verlagen

behandelen

behandeling

beheer

degraderen

een streep trekken

gedrag

gedragen

herleiden

houding

in discrediet brengen

inkorten

inkrimpen

kleineren

laten zakken

neerlaten

reduceren

ruïneren

strijken

te gronde richten

ten val brengen

trekken

vellen

verderven

vereenvoudigen

verminderen

zetten

afbreken

moedeloos maken

afdraaien

afgeven op

afkammen

aflaten

Synoniemen

degrade

debase

humiliate

abase

disgrace

take down

cheapen

humble

behave

discredit

grovel

derogate

conduct oneself

mortify

put down

devalue

diminish

dishonor

disparage

downgrade

downsize

draw

draw a line

drop

entreat

let down

look down

lower

pull down

reduce

roll out

ruin

run down

shrink

streak

vilify

wreck

write down

cry down

make a stroke

pull to pieces

lessen

abridge

beg

bring down

carry

comport

couch

🛋️

cut up

decrease

Vertalingen

abaisser

erniedrigen

umiliare

dégrader

demütigen

rebajar

rabaisser

degradar

εξευτελίζω

abaixar

s’abaisser

أخزى

svilire

degradare

rebaixar