Synonyms for degrade
dɪˈgreɪd or, for 3 , di-

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1. degrade(verb)

   reduce the level of land, as by erosion

   Synonyms:
   cheapen, put down, take down, disgrace, demean

   Antonyms:
   aggrade

2. take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down(verb)

   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, demean, shame, record, lay, tear down, let down, level, set down, put down, attaint, dishonor, drop, enter, discharge, destroy, rase, note

   Antonyms:
   aggrade

3. degrade, cheapen(verb)

   lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

   Synonyms:
   cheapen, put down, take down, disgrace, demean

   Antonyms:
   aggrade

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. degrade

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

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1. degrade(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, dishonor, discredit, break, cashier, reduce to inferior rank

2. degrade(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   lower, sink, deteriorate, impair, injure, debase, vitiate, pervert, alloy

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1. degrade(v)

   Synonyms:
   abase, debase, disgrace, pervert, humiliate, dishonor

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1. List of paraphrases:

   degraded, deteriorate, decompose, degrading, demean, demote, downgrade, humiliate

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How to use degrade in a sentence?

1. President Barack Obama:

   ISIL is the face of evil, our goal, as I've said many times, is to degrade and ultimately destroy this barbaric terrorist organization.

2. State John Kerry:

   The President's goal is to degrade and destroy ISIS.

3. Fox News ' Todd Starnes:

   Once again he refuses to acknowledge what we all know: this was the work of Islamic extremists, the president spoke briefly, using words like 'defeat' and 'degrade.' Degrade? ISIS does not need to be degraded. They need to be destroyed. Obliterated. Wiped off the face of the Earth.

4. Brian Kemp:

   I stand against any person or organization that peddles this type of unbridled hate and unapologetic bigotry, these vile efforts to degrade and disparage others are contrary to the highest ideals of our state and country. We unequivocally condemn this group and their horrible actions.

5. George Orwell:

   The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded.

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