degrade

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
aggrade
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- She tends to put down younger women colleagues
- His critics took him down after the lecture
• Syn:
take down, disgrace, demean, put down
• Derivationally related forms:
put-down (for: put down), degradation, takedown (for: take down)
• Hypernyms:
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
• Hyponyms:
reduce, dehumanize, dehumanise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. lower the grade of something;
reduce its worth
• Syn:
cheapen
• Derivationally related forms:
degradation
• Hypernyms:
worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
• Hyponyms:
devalue, devaluate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cheapen, take down, disgrace, demean, put down