Synonyms for degrade


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-greyd or for 3, dee-greyd
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈgreɪd or for 3, diˈgreɪd

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Définition of degrade

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French degrader (12c.) "degrade, deprive (of office, rank, etc.)," from des- "down" (see dis-) + Latin gradus "step" (see grade (n.)). Related: Degraded; degrading.
  • verb shame, humiliate
Example sentences :
  • Nothing could degrade them beyond the reach of their sympathies!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He might degrade Marcolina by mockery and lascivious phrases, full of innuendo.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Nor did he degrade his art by caricatures drawn in hotel bars.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Do you think that if I spat upon him, I could degrade him to a lower level than his own?
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Oh, how strange that you of the North see not how you degrade him when you keep him here!
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • How the passions obscure and degrade the finest understandings!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • How can I have any desire to degrade you since I must degrade myself at the same time?
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • He should have borne anything sooner than degrade his sacred calling.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • If you do not make her do what I have said, I will degrade and suspend you.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • It was a conspiracy to degrade me in the eyes of myself and my fellow-mortals.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

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