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degrading

[ dih-grey-ding ]

adjective

  1. that degrades; debasing; humiliating:

    degrading submission.



degrading

/ ɪˈɡɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing humiliation; debasing
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ徱ԲԱ, noun
  • ˈ徱Բ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·iԲ· adverb
  • ·iԲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDzd·iԲ adjective
  • ܲd·iԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of degrading1

First recorded in 1675–85; degrade + -ing 2
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"Another advantage, if a retaliation successfully takes out terrorist targets, would be restoring deterrence and degrading an anti-India threat. The disadvantage is that a retaliation would risk a serious crisis and even conflict."

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People see it as degrading, but then turn around and say, “Oh, but what you all do is beautiful and artistic.”

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The shuttered factories hulked over degrading neighborhoods like cavernous empty shells.

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Maria said footage of her son in the Whitefield calming rooms was the "most degrading, dehumanising and undignified video" she had ever seen.

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Environmentalists are celebrating a legal settlement that will close historic family dairies they say are degrading Point Reyes National Seashore.

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