DEMEAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they demean ... he / she / it demeans

Past simple: demeaned

Past participle: demeaned

-ing form: demeaning

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:

Verbs of feeling

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