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单词 demeaning
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demeaning

(dɪmiːnɪŋ)
adjective
Something that is demeaning makes people have less respect for the person who is treated in that way, or who does that thing.
...demeaning sexist comments.
Aid, however it is obtained, is demeaning to the recipients.
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Synonyms: humiliating, degrading, disgraceful, shameful More Synonyms of demeaning

demeaning in British English

(dɪˈmiːnɪŋ)
adjective
intended to lower a person's dignity, status, or character
demeaning sexist comments
the demeaning treatment of prisoners
Aid, however it is obtained, is demeaning to the recipients.

Examples of 'demeaning' in a sentence
demeaning

Yet it ends up demeaning through cliché the very culture it means to showcase.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
To object to a proper historical accounting of awesome crimes is a demeaning and destructive stance.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It had the danger of demeaning the known donor and in some cases he might have an important role.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
demeaning

British English: demeaning ADJECTIVE
Something that is demeaning makes people have less respect for the person who is treated in that way, or who does that thing.
...making demeaning comments.
  • American English: demeaning
  • Brazilian Portuguese: degradante
  • Chinese: 降低身份的
  • European Spanish: degradante
  • French: dégradant
  • German: erniedrigend
  • Italian: degradante
  • Japanese: 屈辱的な
  • Korean: 비하하는
  • European Portuguese: degradante
  • Latin American Spanish: degradante

(adjective) 
I was given the most demeaning chores to do.
Synonyms
humiliating
degrading
a degrading experience
disgraceful
I complained about his disgraceful behaviour.
shameful
It is a shameful state of affairs.
unworthy
At the start of the film, the heroine is betrayed by an unworthy friend.
debasing
undignified
contemptible
cheapening
dishonourable
He insisted he had done nothing dishonourable.
infra dig (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of degrading
a degrading experience
Synonyms
demeaning,
lowering,
humiliating,
disgraceful,
shameful,
unworthy,
debasing,
undignified,
contemptible,
cheapening,
dishonourable,
infra dig (informal)
in the sense of disgraceful
I complained about his disgraceful behaviour.
Synonyms
shameful,
shocking,
scandalous,
mean,
low,
infamous,
degrading,
unworthy,
ignominious,
disreputable,
contemptible,
dishonourable,
detestable,
discreditable,
blameworthy,
opprobrious
in the sense of dishonourable
He insisted he had done nothing dishonourable.
Synonyms
shameful,
base,
corrupt,
infamous,
disgraceful,
treacherous,
scandalous,
unscrupulous,
shameless,
despicable,
ignominious,
disreputable,
contemptible,
untrustworthy,
unprincipled,
ignoble,
not cricket (informal),
discreditable,
blackguardly

Synonyms of 'demeaning'

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