herabsetzen — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• belittle verb To speak of someone or something as less important or impressive than it really is, often to show contempt.
• commute verb To travel regularly between home and one's place of work or study.
• debase verb To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
• decry verb To denounce as harmful.
• degrade verb To lower someone's dignity or status; to humiliate.
• demean verb To lower someone's dignity or make them seem less worthy of respect.
• denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
• depreciate verb To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
• disparage noun Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
• reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
• relegate verb Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
• slight adj Small in degree or amount; minor.

Senses

herabsetzen is used for these senses in English:

• abate To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]
• abate To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
• belittle (transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]
• debase (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
• decry (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
• degrade (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
• demean To debase; to lower; to degrade.
• demean (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.

abate — full definition

1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

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