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- DictionaryDe·grad·ed/dəˈɡrādəd/
adjective
- 1. treated or regarded with contempt or disrespect: "she had felt cheap and degraded"
The meaning of DEGRADED is reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct.
1. a. : to lower in grade, rank, or status : demote. b. : to strip of rank or honors. c. : to lower to an inferior or less effective level. degrade the image quality. : to scale down in desirability or salability. 2. a. : to bring to low esteem or into disrepute. Their actions have degraded their profession.
degrade verb (SPOIL) [ T ] to spoil or destroy the beauty or quality of something: Every day the environment is further degraded by toxic wastes. [ I or T ] electronics specialized. If the quality of something electrical or electronic degrades or is degraded, it becomes less good or less correct.
Degrade definition: to lower in dignity or estimation; bring into contempt. See examples of DEGRADE used in a sentence.
to cause people to feel that they or other people have no value and do not have the respect or good opinion of others: Pornography degrades women. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. debase. dishonorable.
to cause people to feel that they or other people have no value and do not have the respect or good opinion of others: Pornography degrades women. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom. disgraced.
To degrade means to reduce the worth of something, as when smoke and pollution degrade the environment. The word can also mean to disrespect or insult: thoughtless comments can degrade a person. If you whistle at a passing woman, you're being disrespectful — your behavior degrades women.
