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verb
- 1. cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something): "I had demeaned the profession"
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verb [ T ] us / dɪˈmin / Add to word list. to cause to become less respected: I wouldn’t demean myself by asking my father for money. demeaning. adjective us / dɪˈmi·nɪŋ /
: to conduct or behave (oneself) usually in a proper manner. … he might have been observed to demean himself as a person with nothing to do … Henry James †1916. Did you know? There are two words spelled demean in English.
To demean is to degrade or put down a person or thing. If you noticed the word mean in demean, that's a good clue to its meaning. To demean someone is very mean. You are demeaning your sister or brother if you run their underwear up a flagpole.
Demean definition: to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase. See examples of DEMEAN used in a sentence.
de·mean 1. (dĭ-mēn′) tr.v. de·meaned, de·mean·ing, de·means. To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner: demeaned themselves well in class.
to cause someone to become less respected: The entire family was demeaned by his behavior. demean yourself I wouldn't demean myself by asking my parents for money. Synonyms. degrade. disgrace. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom.
Definition of demean verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. demeaned, demeaning, demeans. To lower in status or character; degrade; humble. To demean oneself by taking a bribe. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To behave, conduct, or comport (oneself) Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To mortify. Wiktionary. Synonyms: disposition. lower. disparage. deportment.
To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them. Some groups say that pornography demeans women and incites rape. More Synonyms of demean
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧mean /dɪˈmiːn/ verb [ transitive] to do something that makes people lose respect for someone or something → degrade language that demeans women demean yourself (by doing something) I wouldn’t demean myself by begging him for a job. → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus demean • The psycholog...
