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degrading

3 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, degrading means causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded. As a noun, it means an act or process of degradation.

Meanings of degrading

4 meanings

verb

Present participle of degrade

adjective

  1. Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.

    “Retrieving my dropped possessions from the mud was a degrading experience.”

  2. Harmful to the mind or morals

    “corrupt judges and their corrupting influence”

    “the vicious and degrading cult of violence”

    Similar: corrupting

  3. Used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

    Similar: debasing

noun

  1. An act or process of degradation.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: harmful to the mind or morals
corrupting
adjective: used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
debasing

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