degrade

Verb
  1. Reduce the level of land, as by erosion (synset 201310556)
  2. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally (synset 201804404)
    "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
    is a type of: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
    subtypes:
    • reduce - lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
    • dehumanise, dehumanize - deprive of human qualities
    same as: demean, disgrace, put down, take down
  3. Lower the grade of something;
    Reduce its worth (synset 200208136)
    is a type of: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen - make worse
    subtypes: devaluate, devalue - remove the value from; deprive of its value
    same as: cheapen

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