degraded

About 3.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
2. adjective Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
3. adjective Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
4. adjective Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.
5. verb simple past and past participle of degrade

Similar words

debased degenerate immoral riotous profligate dissolute fast dissipated debauched libertine

Often followed by

by and to in the into from state as

Word family

degradedly