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[ dih-mee-ning ] / dɪˈmi nɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR demeaning ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivethat demeans; debasing; degrading: Being forced to apologize when I had done nothing wrong was a demeaning task. Origin of demeaningFirst recorded in 1875–80; demean1 + -ing2 Words nearby demeaningdematerialize, dematiaceous, Demavend, deme, demean, demeaning, demeanor, demeanour, demeclocycline, dement, demented Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for demeaningI was under the impression that “girls” is a demeaning term for adult women. Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Indeed, writers at prominent online media outlets chide us for “demeaning” vaccine-deniers, saying to do so “defies explanation.” Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers. You Just Brought Back Measles in NYC.|Russell Saunders|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Or that being financially provoked to accept a demeaning offer is some form of personal triumph. YouPorn’s French Publicity Stunt|Gideon Resnick|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST One has to wonder if those who do so grasp how insulting and demeaning it is to the president. The Government Shutdown Isn’t Racist|Stuart Stevens|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The media conversation is often demeaning and distracting; the blogosphere polarizing and infantilizing. Israel 2013 Is Not Bibi’s Israel|Gil Troy|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST You find him oftenest among the poor, and always so demeaning himself as to be the one that was "meek and lowly in heart." Thoughts on Missions|Sheldon Dibble It's because he's come in for his 'eritance, which he never would have had only for me, that he's demeaning himself this fashion. Ralph the Heir|Anthony Trollope Suppose I had gone to Mildred and had asked her if she had expressed herself of such a demeaning declaration? The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton|Wardon Allan Curtis In this demeaning paradigm, "touch is a gift from one who is whole to one who is not" (p. 68). Nursing as Caring|Anne Boykin For my part, I haint no idee of demeaning myself in that way anyhow. Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick,|Ann S. Stephens
Words related to demeaningdespise, disparage, debase, degrade, belittle, derogate, lower, contemn, stoop, decry, sink, detract, scorn, abase, pan, descend, bad-mouth, bemean, cast down, cut down to size |