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View synonyms for demeaning

demeaning

[ dih-mee-ning ]

adjective

  1. that demeans; demean; debasing; degrading:

    Being forced to apologize when I had done nothing wrong was a demeaning task.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of demeaning1

First recorded in 1875–80; demean 1 + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

I was under the impression that “girls” is a demeaning term for adult women.

She revealed the demeaning discrimination that nearly crippled the souls of black folks in Mississippi.

And I am prepared to do some pretty demeaning things in order to make sure I get to see it again, because I loved it just so much.

Indeed, writers at prominent online media outlets chide us for “demeaning” vaccine-deniers, saying to do so “defies explanation.”

Or that being financially provoked to accept a demeaning offer is some form of personal triumph.

Indeed, to "go out as a son-in-law," as the Japanese idiom hath it, is considered demeaning to the matrimonial domestic.

Binney Gibbs, however, considered such duties irksome and demeaning.

If it should be so that she had given him cause of anger, how could she make peace with him without demeaning herself?

First, self-respecting ones dislike the demeaning effect of a tip (an occasional few won't take them).

The niece of Michele Pignaver is incapable of demeaning herself with a mountebank, sir!

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