degrading

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• degrading — de*grad ing, a. causing humiliation or degradation; as, a degrading surrender. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• degrading — index disgraceful, unbecoming Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• degrading — [adj] debasing cheapening, demeaning, derogatory, disgraceful, downgrading, humiliating, lowering; concepts 267,555,570 …   New thesaurus

• degrading — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing a loss of self respect; humiliating …   English terms dictionary

• degrading — [dē grād′iŋ, di grād′iŋ] adj. that degrades; debasing SYN. BASE2 degradingly adv …   English World dictionary

• degrading — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ find sth ▪ He found the work very degrading. ADVERB ▪ very ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• degrading — adj. degrading to + inf. (it was degrading to work in such conditions) * * * [dɪ greɪdɪŋ] degrading to + inf. (it was degrading to work in such conditions) …   Combinatory dictionary

• degrading — de|grad|ing [dıˈgreıdıŋ] adj a degrading experience, event etc is unpleasant and makes you lose respect for yourself degrading to ▪ Pornography is degrading to women and to the men that look at it. ▪ the degrading treatment that the prisoners… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Degrading — Degrade De*grade , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Degraded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Degrading}.] [F. d[ e]grader, LL. degradare, fr. L. de + gradus step, degree. See {Grade}, and cf. {Degree}.] 1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• degrading — adjective a degrading experience, event etc makes you lose respect for yourself: We oppose flogging and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishments …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• degrading — degradingly, adv. degradingness, n. /di gray ding/, adj. that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission. [1675 85; DEGRADE + ING2] * * * …   Universalium