Antonyms for demean
dɪˈminde·mean

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1. take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put downverb

   reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

   "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

   Synonyms:
   unload, land, write down, repose, bring down, cheapen, dishonour, pull down, raze, drop off, disgrace, lower, discredit, take down, dismantle, get down, place down, shame, record, lay, tear down, degrade, let down, level, set down, put down, attaint, dishonor, drop, enter, discharge, destroy, rase, note

How to use demean in a sentence?

1. Pope Francis:

   I once heard at a wedding a father say, 'I sometimes have to hit my children a little but never in the face, so as to not demean them.' How nice, I thought, he has a sense of dignity, when he punishes, he does it right and moves on.

2. Democrat Doug Jones:

   I don’t demean my fellow citizens but treat everyone with dignity and respect, roy Moore has spent his entire life to use whatever position he was in to create conflict and division in order to promote his personal agenda.

3. Stephanie Grisham:

   Once again part of the liberal media, this time Vanity Fair, has written a story riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions, as a magazine tailored to women it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean Mrs. President Trump, rather than focus on President Trump positive work as First Lady and as a supportive wife and mother.

4. Michael Cohen:

   They'll say whatever they can to try to demean him. It's not working. He's leading by double digits.

5. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan:

   There are different factions of (witchcraft). While it doesn't bother me to release that particular thing, I most assuredly do not want to defame or demean any particular practice.

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