VERB | emotion | demean, take down, degrade, disgrace, put down | reduce in worth or character, usually verbally |
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Sounds | dihmiy'n | |
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Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... |
Meaning | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | take down, degrade, disgrace, put down | |
Narrower | dehumanize, dehumanise | deprive of human qualities |
reduce | lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation | |
Broader | humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase | Cause to feel shame |
Spanish | degradarse, degradar, deshonrarse, deshonrar, envilecer | |
Catalan | degradar-se, degradar, deshonrar-se, deshonrar, envilanir, envilir |
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