degrading

adjective
UK: /dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/
US: /dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/

  1. Causing someone to feel ashamed and lose respect for themselves.

    1. That job was so degrading.
    2. I felt so degrading when I was forced to beg for money just to survive in that degrading state.

  2. Treating someone poorly and without respect.

    1. It's degrading to be spoken to like that.
    2. The degrading comments made her feel worthless, affecting her self-esteem and confidence during the degrading treatment.

Synonyms

humiliating dishonorable disgraceful shameful demeaning debasing
degrading verb

  1. To cause someone to feel ashamed and lose respect for themselves.

    1. Don't degrade yourself by lying.
    2. The experience degraded her, leaving her feeling ashamed and humiliated by the degrading situation.

  2. To treat someone poorly and without respect.

    1. He degrades his wife in public.
    2. It is degrading to treat other people in such a dismissive way, exhibiting degrading behavior.

  3. To make something worse in quality.

    1. The music's quality is degrading.
    2. The repeated use of low-quality materials is degrading the overall integrity of the structure and its degrading architecture.

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "degrading" in English means: Causing someone to feel ashamed and lose respect for themselves., Treating someone poorly and without respect..

The phonetic transcription of "degrading" is /dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ in British English and /dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "degrading": humiliating, dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful, demeaning, debasing.

Example usage of "degrading": "That job was so degrading.". More examples on the page.