degradar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abase verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- debase verb To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- 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.
- demote verb To lower the rank or status of.
- dirty adj Unclean or covered in dirt, grime, or other unpleasant matter.
- downgrade noun A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
Senses
degradar is used for these senses in English:
- abase (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]
- debase (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- demean (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
- demean (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- demote (transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
- dirty (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
- downgrade To place lower in position.
abase — full definition
- verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
- verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
debase — full definition
- verb To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- verb To lower in position or rank.
- verb To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.