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degrade
Overview of verb degrade
The verb degrade has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) degrade -- (reduce the level of land, as by erosion)
2. take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down -- (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture")
3. degrade, cheapen -- (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)
Grep of noun degrade
degrader
Antonyms of verb degrade
1 of 3 senses of degrade
Sense 1
degrade
Antonym of aggrade (Sense 1)
=>aggrade
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb degrade
3 senses of degrade
Sense 1
degrade
Sense 2
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
=> humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 3
degrade, cheapen
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb degrade
2 of 3 senses of degrade
Sense 2
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
=> reduce
=> dehumanize, dehumanise
Sense 3
degrade, cheapen
=> devalue, devaluate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb degrade
3 senses of degrade
Sense 1
degrade
Sense 2
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
=> humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
Sense 3
degrade, cheapen
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
'Cause To' of verb degrade
Derived Forms of verb degrade
2 of 3 senses of degrade
Sense 2
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
RELATED TO>(noun) degradation#2
=> abasement, degradation, abjection
RELATED TO>(noun) degradation#1
=> degradation, debasement
Sense 3
degrade, cheapen
RELATED TO>(noun) degradation#2
=> abasement, degradation, abjection
RELATED TO>(noun) degradation#1
=> degradation, debasement
Domain of verb degrade
Domain Terms of verb degrade
Familiarity of verb degrade
degrade used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb degrade
3 senses of degrade
Sense 1
degrade
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
degrade, cheapen
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb degrade
2 of 3 senses of degrade
Sense 2
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
> humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
=> crush, smash, demolish
=> take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
Sense 3
degrade, cheapen
> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> irritate
=> inflame
=> degrade, cheapen
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb degrade
Sense 1
degrade
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Sense 2
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
=> humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
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Sense 3
degrade, cheapen
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
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Grep of verb degrade
biodegrade
degrade
Grep of adj degrade
degraded
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