degrade
Meaning
- To lower in value or social position.
- To reduce in quality or purity.
- To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
Synonyms
disrank
make bad
encroach upon
deplace
derograte
become degraded
make rotten
make desolate
lower rank
make addled
make a stroke
make sour
make ugly
treat with contempt
become worse
lower in rank
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈɡɹeɪd/
Etymology
From Middle French dégrader.
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