degradingn.
/dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ The action of degrade v.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun]
debatec1460
disparagement1486
embasement1575
digraduation1577
lessening1579
degraduation1581
disparagea1592
bastardizing1598
debasement1602
deplumation1611
depression1628
vilificationa1631
degradement1641
degrading1646
prostration1647
deprisure1648
embasure1656
embasing1659
debasure1683
degradationc1752
derogation1785
demotion1872
objectification1973
1646 D. Evance Noble Order 2 Elyes degrading, or Gods revoking of his promise.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xii. 290 It was a carnal degrading of the Supreme One.
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degradingadj.
1. That degrades or debases.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adjective]
vile1297
derogative1477
derogatory1502
vild1568
derogatoriousa1575
lessening1592
dishonoured1608
indignous1611
derogant1616
unmanning1625
infimatinga1641
prostituting1646
embasing1652
menial1673
degrading1684
debasing1775
vilifying1781
degradatory1783
dishonouring1843
relegating1872
demeaning1880
1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 4 Degrading Prose explains his meaning ill.
1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 15 A..generous kind of anger..has nothing in it sinful or degrading.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. ix. 121 Engaged in this laborious and..degrading office. View more context for this quotation
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 448 A superstition as stupid and degrading as the Egyptian worship of cats and onions.
1894 N.E.D. at Degrading Mod. Boarding School Prospectus. There are no degrading punishments.
2. Geology. Wearing down a surface.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [adjective]
degrading1842
laterized1847
lateritized1865
abrasional1889
destructional1900
erosional1903
denudational1913
1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) x. 228 The degrading process is the same as that to which sandstones..are exposed during severe frosts.
1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. ii. 45 The absence of degrading forces at the sea bottom.
Derivatives
deˈgradingly adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adverb]
vilelyc1290
degradingly1707
debasingly1847
menially1848
1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 289 He that disparages, or speaks degradingly of himself, may possibly be much the prouder man of the two.
1803 Ann. Reg. 253 Two men..were insulted, imprisoned, degradingly used.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iv. 28 We are degradingly poor.
deˈgradingness n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] > quality of being degrading
indignity1596
degradingness1818
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 274 Degradingness: of..its inherency in the very essence of a Sinecure, mention has been already made.
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