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  1. to cause people to feel that they or other people have no value and do not have the respect or good opinion of others: Pornography degrades women. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. dishonourable.

  2. to cause people to feel that they or other people have no value and do not have the respect or good opinion of others: Pornography degrades women. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. dishonourable.

  3. Degraded means reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct, or characterized by degeneration of structure or function. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for degraded.

  4. degrade in British English. (dɪˈɡreɪd ) verb. 1. (transitive) to reduce in worth, character, etc; disgrace; dishonour. 2. (diːˈɡreɪd ) (transitive) to reduce in rank, status, or degree; remove from office; demote. 3. (transitive) to reduce in strength, quality, intensity, etc.

  5. to lower in character or quality; debase. Synonyms: vitiate, abase. Antonyms: exalt. to reduce (someone) to a lower rank, degree, etc.; deprive of office, rank, status, or title, especially as a punishment: degraded from director to assistant director.

  6. adjective. 1. reduced in rank, position, reputation, etc. He felt degraded by the trivial tasks assigned to him. 2. reduced in quality or value; debased; vulgarized. the degraded level of the modern novel. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

  7. To degrade means to reduce the worth of something, as when smoke and pollution degrade the environment. The word can also mean to disrespect or insult: thoughtless comments can degrade a person.