Don't degrade yourself by telling such a lie.
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Degrade
/dɪˈɡɹeɪd/
Synonyms for "degrade" (342 found)
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Verb(27 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(11 words)
blightingbreakingbututcoarseningcompromisecorruptingcultural declinesdamagedamaged conditiondamagesdamaging
Strong matches (102)
Verb(41 words)
debasingdecaydecayeddecomposedecomposesdefileddegeneratedegeneratingdegeneresdehumanisedehumanizedehumanizeddehumanizesdemeaneddemeansdemoteddemotesdemotingdepravesderogating
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Adjective(3 words)
Noun(14 words)
decaysdecline in functiondegenerate formdegeneratesdegradingdemeaningdesecratingdespoilingdestroyingdetrimentsdishonoringdistort quotedowngradesdowngrading
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Verb(46 words)
embrittleenervateerodederodesfuzzedglitchinghumiliatehumiliatedhumiliatesimpairedimpairingimpairsimpoverishinsultlanguishlapsingleave in disarraymaimedmalfunctionedmarred
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expelfirefloutfoulfurloughgive the axgive the gatehold in contempthumblehumiliateimpute shame toinfectkickkick upstairsknockknock downlay offlessenlet golet out
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lourlowermake little ofmake redundantminimizemisusemortifypension offpervertpillorypoisonpolluteprofaneprostitutepullput downput to shameravageravishread out ofreducereflect discredit uponreleaseremovereplacereproachretirerule outrun downsackseduceseparate forciblyset downshamesinkslightspeak ill ofstripstrip of ranksubmit to indignitysuperannuatesurplussuspendtainttaketake downtarnishthintrip upturn offturn outtwistulcerateunfrockunmanunseatviolatevitiatevulgarizewarpwater downweakenworsen
Noun(37 words)
failingfraysgo wronghoneycombinghumiliatingimperfectsimpoverishingmarmarsmoldersnastrotsrottingruin artrustsappingsleazesslumsspoilsstoop
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stoopingsuperannuatingtarnishtattersthrashesthrashingunravellingvandalwater quality declineweakeningwear awaywear losswearingweatheringweathering processweathering rateworsening
Adjective(5 words)
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9 entriesCollocations
6 entriesbiological degradationchemical degradationdegradable materialdegradation rateenvironmental degradationrate of degradation
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3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Batteries degrade over time.
Source: tatoeba (6566679)
Systems in which the rules are based on usage, such as languages or customary law, are condemned to become absurd, cumbersome and contradictory, since every time a small error slips into one of their usages, it is integrated into the rules, by definition, for eternity. The more users are ignorant, the more systems degrade rapidly. English, poorly used by millions of people, natives or not, for centuries, is an example of the degradation of a system at terminal stage, no longer presenting any logic, neither in its syntax, nor its grammar, nor its vocabulary or its pronunciation. Similarly, with customary rights becoming too cumbersome and incomprehensible, the states which rely on them tend to switch to prescriptive law.
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I do not degrade you. I purify you.
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