degradingness
dɪŋ adjective
that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
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degrading (dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| causing humiliation; debasing | |
| de'gradingly | |
| —adv | |
| de'gradingness | |
| —n | |
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Degradingness
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| degrading (dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| causing humiliation; debasing | |
| de'gradingly | |
| —adv | |
| de'gradingness | |
| —n | |
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degrade
early 14c., from O.Fr. degrader (12c.), from des- "down" + L. gradus "step" (see grade).
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