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- Dictionarydegrade/dɪˈɡreɪd/
verb
- 1. treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect: "she thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women" Similar Opposite
- 2. break down or deteriorate chemically: "the bacteria will degrade hydrocarbons" Similar
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DEGRADE definition: 1. to cause people to feel that they or other people have no value and do not have the respect or…. Learn more.
1. a. : to lower in grade, rank, or status : demote. b. : to strip of rank or honors. c. : to lower to an inferior or less effective level. degrade the image quality. : to scale down in desirability or salability. 2. a. : to bring to low esteem or into disrepute. Their actions have degraded their profession.
To degrade means to reduce the worth of something, as when smoke and pollution degrade the environment. The word can also mean to disrespect or insult: thoughtless comments can degrade a person. If you whistle at a passing woman, you're being disrespectful — your behavior degrades women.
degrade in British English. (dɪˈɡreɪd ) verb. 1. (transitive) to reduce in worth, character, etc; disgrace; dishonour. 2. (diːˈɡreɪd ) (transitive) to reduce in rank, status, or degree; remove from office; demote. 3. (transitive) to reduce in strength, quality, intensity, etc.
to reduce (someone) to a lower rank, degree, etc.; deprive of office, rank, status, or title, especially as a punishment: degraded from director to assistant director. Synonyms: break, cashier, lower, downgrade, depose, demote. Antonyms: promote. to reduce in amount, strength, intensity, etc.
1. (tr) to reduce in worth, character, etc; disgrace; dishonour. 2. (tr) to reduce in rank, status, or degree; remove from office; demote. 3. (tr) to reduce in strength, quality, intensity, etc. 4. (Physical Geography) to reduce or be reduced by erosion or down-cutting, as a land surface or bed of a river. Compare aggrade. 5.
degrade. [transitive] degrade somebody to show or treat somebody in a way that makes them seem not worth any respect or not worth taking seriously. This poster is offensive and degrades women. [transitive] degrade something (specialist) to make something become worse, especially in quality.
1. Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. [...] 2. To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. [formal] [...] More. Conjugations of 'degrade' present simple: I degrade, you degrade [...] past simple: I degraded, you degraded [...] past participle: degraded. More. Synonyms of 'degrade'
1. Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. [...] 2. To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. [formal] [...] 3. In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances. [technical] [...]
to treat someone without respect and as if they have no value: They think the advert degrades women. degrade verb [T] (DAMAGE) to damage the quality or condition of something. degradation. noun [ U ] uk / ˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃ ə n / us. (Definition of degrade from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of degrade.
