demean

Verb
  1. 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: degrade, disgrace, put down, take down

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