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Synonyms for degrading
de·grad·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
corrupting, degradingadjective
harmful to the mind or morals
"corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"
Synonyms:
corrupting, contaminating, debasingAntonyms:
honorable, honourable, innocuousdebasing, degradingadjective
used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
Synonyms:
corrupting, debasingAntonyms:
honorable, honourable, innocuous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "degrading":
humiliating, demeaning, degrade, degradable, insulting, derogatory, degradation, denigrating
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#11185 | degradation | |
#25644 | insulting | |
#26371 | degrading | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#34738 | humiliating | |
#42627 | derogatory | |
#55825 | corrupting | |
#58167 | contaminating | |
#62854 | demeaning | |
#89221 | degradable | |
#121899 | denigrating | |
#186261 | debasing |
How to use degrading in a sentence?
This character has all the degrading attributes that black people are given in the racist imagery of our societies, it is totally racist and it maintains a degrading image of the black person, which has consequences in everyday life.
And I think porn unfortunately has given sex a sort of degrading factor….
It was embarrassing, degrading, i felt low, I felt helpless.
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete:
It is unacceptable for our development partners to use their aid stick to pressure us to do certain things or else they will cut aid, we will reach a point where we will say this is too degrading ... keep your aid.
We fear they are now at significant risk of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
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