Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive verb
To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
- 4intransitive 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.
- 5verb
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
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- 6verb
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
- 7verb
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"
"His critics took him down after the lecture"
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