† degradatoryadj.
Obsolete.
Having the quality of degrading; tending to degrade.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adjective]
vile1297
derogative1477
derogatory1502
vild1568
derogatoriousa1575
lessening1592
dishonoured1608
indignous1611
derogant1616
unmanning1625
infimatinga1641
prostituting1646
embasing1652
menial1673
degrading1684
debasing1775
vilifying1781
degradatory1783
dishonouring1843
relegating1872
demeaning1880
1783 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 407 Other degradatory circumstances.
1786 Mrs. Johnson Francis III. 166 A species of imposition so degradatory to the republic of letters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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