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DEMEAN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demean ... he / she / it demeans
Past simple: demeaned
Past participle: demeaned
-ing form: demeaning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Example:
His critics took him down after the lecture
Synonyms:
degrade; demean; disgrace; put down; take down
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "demean" is one way to...):
abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demean"):
reduce (lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation)
dehumanise; dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
