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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.
The meaning of DEGRADE is to lower in grade, rank, or status : demote. How to use degrade in a sentence. Did you know?
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.
5 meanings: 1. to reduce in worth, character, etc; disgrace; dishonour 2. (diːˈɡreɪd) to reduce in rank, status, or degree;.... Click for more definitions.
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.
Definition of degrade verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DEGRADE definition: 1. to treat someone without respect and as if they have no value: 2. to damage the quality or…. Learn more.
v.tr. 1. To lower in quality or value; make inferior or less valuable: land that was degraded by overgrazing; a virus that degrades the computer's performance. 2. To lower in dignity; dishonor or disgrace: seemed to feel that he was degrading himself in accepting the invitation. See Synonyms at debase. 3.
degrade meaning, definition, what is degrade: to treat someone without respect and mak...: Learn more.
definition 2: to bring (someone) down from a higher to a lower rank, degree, status, or the like, esp. to deprive of a position, title, or office. Because of his disrespectful behavior toward an officer, he was degraded to the rank of private.
