degrade
About 1.44 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To lower in value or social position.
Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
- verb To reduce in quality or purity.
The DNA sample has degraded.
- verb To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
Similar words
demean cheapen disgrace put down abase degradation demote degradative deteriorate worsen
Often followed by
the and him them it a or their himself
Word family
degraded degrader degraders degrades degrading
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