Degrade means to put down––a degrading comment is one that makes the subject feel bad, a degraded field is one whose soil has been worn out. If you move from an A average to a B, you've been degraded.
To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank' to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors;
Verb
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
Verb
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
Verb
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
v. t.
To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to
lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as,
to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer.
v. t.
To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to
lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual
character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace;
as, vice degrades a man.
v. t.
To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and
mountains; to wear down.
v. i.
To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of
structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or
that genus or group of genera.
Degrade
Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.2.
O miserable mankind, to what fall Degraded, to what wretched state reserved!
He pride . . . struggled hard against this degrading passion.3.
Degrade
To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank' to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors;
To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure;
Usage Examples
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.
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Other Usage ExamplesWhere justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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