I didn't mean to demean you.
Source: tatoeba (3729099)
Demean
//ˌdiːˈmiːn//
Synonyms for "demean" (93 found)
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57 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- държание noun (behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor)
- държа се verb (to conduct; to behave; to comport)
- унижавам verb (to debase)
- унижавам verb (to humble, humble oneself; to humiliate)
Dutch
4 entries- behandeling noun (management; treatment)
- beheer noun (management; treatment)
- gedrag noun (behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor)
- houding noun (behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor)
Finnish
4 entries- kohtelu noun (management; treatment)
- käytös noun (behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor)
- alentaa verb (to debase)
- alentaa verb (to debase; to lower; to degrade)
German
4 entries- aufführen verb (to conduct; to behave; to comport)
- behandeln verb (to manage; to conduct; to treat)
- benehmen verb (to conduct; to behave; to comport)
- beschämen verb (to mortify)
Italian
1 entries- svilire verb (to debase; to lower; to degrade)
Japanese
1 entries- 貶める verb (to debase)
Māori
3 entries- whakapāpaku verb (to debase)
- whakatautauhea verb (to debase)
- whakatūtūā verb (to debase)
Spanish
4 entries- conducir verb (to manage; to conduct; to treat)
- degradar verb (to debase; to lower; to degrade)
- denigrar verb (to debase)
- detraer verb (to debase)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поведінка noun (behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You shouldn't demean people who aren't as smart as you are. Remember: no matter how smart you may be, there will always be someone even smarter.
Source: tatoeba (4551459)
Tatoeba should not admit as collaborators those who only wish to denigrate its image and demean its activity.
Source: tatoeba (6149472)
Billy uses his language skills to demean and humiliate those who are learning English.
Source: tatoeba (11768611)
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