degrading

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of degrade

Adj

Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.

Noun

An act or process of degradation.

degrade

1. (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
2. (ergative, intransitive) To reduce in quality or purity.
3. (transitive) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

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Synonyms

debasing

demeaning

humiliating

derogatory

disparaging

corrupting

lowering

galling

miserable

offensive

pejorative

reductive

shameful

undignified

abject

dysphemistic

derogative

despicable

dirty

discreditable

disgraceful

disgracing

Translations

abaissant

avilissant

degradante

degradante

degradante

dégradant

herabsetzend

humiliant

degradierend

entwürdigend

umiliante

erniedrigend

humillante

degradando

demütigend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/