demean

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈmiːn/

Etymology

(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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

abaisser

erniedrigen

vernederen

degradar

umiliare

rebajar

dégrader

demütigen

εξευτελίζω

rabaisser

kleinmaken

s’abaisser

svilire

أخزى

degradare