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degrading 音標拼音: [dɪgr'edɪŋ] a. 喪失體面的,不名譽的,可恥的 喪失體面的,不名譽的,可恥的 degrading adj 1: harmful to the mind or morals; " corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; " the vicious and degrading cult of violence" [ synonym: { corrupting}, { degrading}] 2: used of conduct; characterized by dishonor [ synonym: { debasing}, { degrading}] Degrade \ De* grade"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Degraded}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Degrading}.] [ F. d[' e] grader, LL. degradare, fr. L. de- gradus step, degree. See { Grade}, and cf. { Degree}.] 1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer. [ 1913 Webster] Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar. -- Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man. [ 1913 Webster] O miserable mankind, to what fall Degraded, to what wretched state reserved! -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Yet time ennobles or degrades each line. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Her pride . . . struggled hard against this degrading passion. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Geol.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. Syn: To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See { Abase}. [ 1913 Webster]
degrading \ de* grad" ing\, a. causing humiliation or degradation; as, a degrading surrender. [ PJC] 52 Moby Thesaurus words for " degrading": abasement, abusive, atrocious, backhand, backhanded, beneath one, bump, bust, calumnious, casting down, cheap, contumelious, debasement, debasing, degradation, demeaning, demotion, deplorable, depluming, discreditable, disgraceful, disgrading, displuming, downgrading, gutter, humbling, humiliating, humiliative, infra dig, infra indignitatem, insolent, insulting, left- handed, lowering, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, pitiful, reduction, sad, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, shameful, shaming, shocking, sorry, stripping of rank, too bad, unbecoming, unspeakable, unworthy of one
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