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degrading
[ dih-grey-ding ]
degrading
/ ɪˈɡɪɪŋ /
adjective
- causing humiliation; debasing
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱ԲԱ, noun
- ˈ徱Բ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·iԲ· adverb
- ·iԲ·Ա noun
- ԴDzd·iԲ adjective
- ܲd·iԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of degrading1
Example Sentences
"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."
People see it as degrading, but then turn around and say, “Oh, but what you all do is beautiful and artistic.”
The shuttered factories hulked over degrading neighborhoods like cavernous empty shells.
Maria said footage of her son in the Whitefield calming rooms was the "most degrading, dehumanising and undignified video" she had ever seen.
Environmentalists are celebrating a legal settlement that will close historic family dairies they say are degrading Point Reyes National Seashore.
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