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Meanings of demeaning in English

Causing awareness of your shortcomings.

Related terms

Which makes a person morally inferior.

Usage of demeaning in English
1
Both are forms of falsehood, ways of reducing and demeaning our humanity.
Beauty
2
The demeaning attack was unprovoked from someone he had considered a friend.
The Yankee Years
3
It is demeaning to Pompey even to allow us to picture them.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
4
I find it really demeaning when I know how intelligent he is.
The Guardian
5
I was glad Antony did not go there; it would be demeaning.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
6
She always said that domestic duties bored her, and they were demeaning.
Lone eagle
7
It's a little bit demeaning a lot of our migrants tell me.
Radio NZ
8
He would not tolerate her demeaning him in front of their friends.
No More Mr. Nice Guy!
9
Alan worked hard to never be angry or demeaning like his father.
No More Mr. Nice Guy!
10
He said it was demeaning, and I should find a wet nurse.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
11
Giselle faces me completely, her lips lifting in a delicate, demeaning smile.
Ice Like Fire
12
It is easy, of course, to be sarcastic and demeaning in this way.
Beer is proof God loves us
13
The way he said it was slightly demeaning, the ultimate dismissal.
Deadly little secrets
14
Our whispering had annoyed him; perhaps that's why his examples became more demeaning.
Lily of the Nile
15
I noticed how he had used the demeaning word for Americans.
Beautiful assassin
16
The responses were quite negative and demeaning, and focused on the teen's appearance.
Ebony
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common