degrade

degrade is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. transitive verb. To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
4. intransitive verb. To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera.
5. verb. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

   Synonyms: cheapen

6. verb. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
7. verb. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

   "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"

   "His critics took him down after the lecture"

   Synonyms: demean, disgrace

Synonyms

cheapen, demean, disgrace

Common word forms

degraded, degrader, degrades, degrading, degradement

Words from these letters

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