demean

Meaning

Verb

1. To debase; to lower; to degrade.
2. To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
3. To mortify.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Management; treatment.
2. (obsolete) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.

Noun

1. demesne.
2. resources; means.

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

defame

demolish

demote

deprave

depredate

destroy

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.