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- made degrading comments about his so-called friend behind his back
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of degrading (Entry 2 of 2)
- the view that such a system degrades doctors to the status of medical employees who ultimately are not in charge of their patients' health care
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- degrading the school's animal mascot with a silly costume
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- the players degraded themselves with their crude antics off the field
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- abashing,
- confounding,
- confusing,
- discomfiting,
- disconcerting,
- discountenancing,
- embarrassing,
- fazing,
- flustering,
- mortifying,
- nonplussing
- (also nonplusing),
- rattling
- belittling,
- castigating,
- criticizing,
- crying down,
- decrying,
- depreciating,
- detracting,
- diminishing,
- discounting,
- disparaging,
- minimizing,
- putting down,
- ridiculing,
- writing off
- bad-mouthing,
- defaming,
- defiling,
- libeling
- (or libelling),
- maligning,
- slandering
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“Degrading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degrading. Accessed 23 May. 2022.
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The first known use of degrading was circa 1540
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