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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

  1. 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.
  2. verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
  3. verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

debase — full definition

  1. verb To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
  2. verb To lower in position or rank.
  3. verb To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

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