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Meanings of
demean
in English
Portuguese
rebaixar
Catalan
degradar
Back to the meaning
To make a person morally inferior.
disgrace
degrade
debase
take down
put down
Portuguese
rebaixar
Synonyms
Examples for "
disgrace
"
disgrace
degrade
debase
take down
put down
Examples for "
disgrace
"
1
That could so often lead to
disgrace
at the court martial table.
2
To be sent home in
disgrace
,
having caused a major interspecies incident?
3
Some viewed the ban as a national
disgrace
but you know what?
4
She would need to know who had personally witnessed my public
disgrace
.
5
ACT Party leader David Seymour said the attendance figures were a
disgrace
.
1
However, the PBG fibers investigated tended to
degrade
too quickly for application.
2
But as time marches on, our bodies begin to age and
degrade
.
3
The attack does not significantly
degrade
the military capabilities of Bashar al-Assad.
4
Haven't they used his pleasant vices as an instrument to
degrade
him?
5
And please let's not let this
degrade
into an OS superiority contest.
1
It is a mistake to suppose love only elevates; it can
debase
.
2
At every point of contact with our labor system, they
debase
it.
3
The indignant heart repels a conviction that is believed to
debase
it.
4
And I never, never can
debase
my nature to change that love.
5
Such men,-orwomen,-mayhardly, perhaps,
debase
themselves with the more vulgar vices.
1
President Trump must
take
down
his disrespectful and dangerous video, Pelosi said.
2
That would be one way to
take
down
the people smuggling trade.
3
It said it would
take
down
the social networking site in November.
4
Google is now getting over a million
take
down
notices a day.
5
There was plenty to
take
down
below; the Barrier was deep enough.
1
The news report said Syrian troops had
put
down
an armed rebellion.
2
First, however, I must
put
down
the events since my last entry.
3
He should have been
put
down
years ago, if you ask me.
4
Once, people could
put
down
the paper or turn off the news.
5
He
put
down
his fork and reached and held her free hand.
Usage of
demean
in English
1
Civil rights advocates say it has long been used to
demean
African-Americans.
2
I just knew they weren't good; an everyday insult meant to
demean
.
3
He would
demean
Liverpool with every word … every gesture he could.
4
He lied because he would not
demean
himself to tell the truth.
5
Thank you for assuming that I would not
demean
myself with lies.
6
I wouldn't whisper with the king and
demean
myself as she did.
7
I have heard something-I'vea character to support- Imustnot
demean
myself.
8
And why should you so
demean
yourself to take notice of me?
9
In such a case, under such circumstances, how did Massachusetts
demean
herself?
10
But what should he ask her, and how
demean
himself toward her?
11
You could not
demean
yourself to love a poor girl like me!
12
By trying to
demean
the core of Christian belief they merely
demean
themselves.
13
The old squire did not
demean
himself by a single outcry of pain.
14
More importantly, not once in the story does Tucker
demean
me.
15
It doesn't preach or
demean
,
and it never goes for the low-hanging fruit.
16
I hear this gossip flinty-faced, I don't
demean
myself to complain.
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demean
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
demean the core
demean a man
demean black
demean successful
demean women
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Translations for
demean
Portuguese
rebaixar
Catalan
degradar
envilir
degradar-se
deshonrar
envilanir
deshonrar-se
Demean
through the time
Demean
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common