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Antonyms for de grades
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dih-greyd or for 3, dee-greyd |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈgreɪd or for 3, diˈgreɪd |
- admire
- adorn
- agree
- aid
- allow
- appease
- appreciate
- approve
- ascend
- assist
- attach
- be proud
- beautify
- benefit
- better
- bless
- boost
- brave
- build
- build up
- buy
- cause
- chasten
- cherish
- clarify
- clean
- cleanse
- clear
- clease
- commend
- compliment
- concentrate
- credit
- cure
- decorate
- delight
- develop
- dignify
- disenchant
- distill
- divide
- elevate
- embellish
- encourage
- endorse
- enhance
- enlarge
- esteem
- exalt
- expand
- extend
- fasten
- favor
- fight
- filter
- fix
- flatter
- float
- flourish
- free
- go up
- grow
- hallow
- heal
- heighten
- help
- hide
- honor
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- intensify
- invigorate
- irritate
- join
- keep quiet
- laud
- lengthen
- make happy
- mend
- mollify
- moralize
- neglect
- obey
- ornament
- overrate
- overvalue
- please
- praise
- preserve
- prolong
- promote
- protect
- prove
- purify
- put together
- raise
- rate
- refine
- regard
- repair
- respect
- rise
- rise above
- sanctify
- save
- secret
- secure
- separate
- soothe
- stabilize
- stay
- sterilize
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- support
- tell truth
- thicken
- treat well
- turn off
- unmix
- upgrade
- value
- wait
- win
- worsen
Definition of de grades
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French degrader (12c.) "degrade, deprive (of office, rank, etc.)," from des- "down" (see dis-) + Latin gradus "step" (see grade (n.)). Related: Degraded; degrading.
- As in insult : verb abuse, offend
- As in lessen : verb lower, reduce
- As in lower : verb belittle, disgrace
- As in prostitute : verb to put one's talent to an unworthy use
- As in reduce : verb humble, humiliate
- As in shame : verb disgrace, embarrass
- As in sink : verb be humble or humbled
- As in soil : verb make dirty
- As in bastardize : verb debase
- As in break : verb weaken, cause instability
- As in smirch : verb corrupt
- As in animalize : verb corrupt
- As in bestialize : verb brutalize
- As in cheapen : verb diminish worth
- As in sophisticate : verb adulterate
- As in commercialize : verb prepare for saleability
- As in corrupt : verb pervert; pollute
- As in adulterate : verb alter or debase, often for profit
- As in defile : verb corrupt, violate
- As in degrade : verb shame, humiliate
- As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
- As in demote : verb downgrade, lower in rank
- As in depose : verb oust from position
- As in deprave : verb corrupt, lead astray
- As in depress : verb deject, make despondent; exhaust
- As in deteriorate : verb decay, degenerate
- As in dethrone : verb oust
- As in discredit : verb blame, detract from
- As in disgrace : verb bring shame upon
- As in disparage : verb criticize; detract from
- As in downgrade : verb lower in opinion or rank
- As in abase : verb deprive of self-esteem, confidence
- As in humble : verb shame, put down
- As in humiliate : verb embarrass, put down
Synonyms for de grades
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abridge
- abuse
- adulterate
- advertise
- affront
- aggravate
- alloy
- amalgamate
- amputate
- animalize
- annoy
- attenuate
- bad-mouth
- bankrupt
- bastardize
- be reduced to
- beat down
- become smaller
- bedraggle
- befoul
- begrime
- belittle
- bemean
- bench
- besmear
- besmirch
- bespatter
- bestialize
- blacken
- blemish
- blend
- blight
- blister
- blot
- blotch
- break
- bribe
- bring low
- brutalize
- bump
- bust
- canker
- cast down
- cheapen
- clip
- close
- commingle
- condescend
- confound
- confute
- contaminate
- contemn
- contract
- controvert
- cook
- corrupt
- country
- cow
- cripple
- crop
- crumb
- curse
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- cut to the quick
- damage
- de-escalate
- debase
- debauch
- decay
- declare illegitimate
- declass
- decline
- decompose
- decrease
- decry
- deface
- defile
- deflower
- deform
- degenerate
- degrade
- dehumanize
- deign
- demean
- demerit
- demoralize
- demote
- denature
- denigrate
- depose
- deprave
- depreciate
- depress
- deride
- derogate
- descend
- desecrate
- despise
- despoil
- deteriorate
- detract
- devalue
- develop as business
- die down
- dilute
- diminish
- dirty
- dis
- disbar
- discolor
- disconcert
- disconfirm
- discredit
- disfigure
- disgrace
- disgrade
- dishonor
- dismiss
- disoblige
- disparage
- dispirit
- disprove
- disrate
- dissolve
- doctor
- doctor up
- downgrade
- downsize
- drain
- drop
- dump on
- dwindle
- ease
- enervate
- enfeeble
- erode
- fall
- falsify
- fix
- flout
- foul
- gird
- give a black eye
- grease palm
- grime
- grow less
- harm
- hold back
- humble
- humiliate
- hurt
- ill-treat
- impair
- impoverish
- incapacitate
- infect
- infiltrate
- injure
- intermix
- irrigate
- irritate
- jeer
- kick downstairs
- knock down
- lace
- lessen
- libel
- lighten
- load
- lose value
- lower
- lure
- maculate
- make bring returns
- make foul
- make impure
- make marketable
- make pay
- make profitable
- make saleable
- maltreat
- mar
- mark down
- market
- mess
- mess up
- mingle
- minify
- minimize
- misapply
- misemploy
- mistreat
- misuse
- mitigate
- mix
- mock
- moderate
- molest
- mortify
- muck
- muck up
- muddy
- mudsling
- muss
- muss up
- narrow
- outrage
- pan
- pauperize
- pervert
- phony up
- plant
- pollute
- poor-mouth
- profane
- provoke
- pull down
- put down
- putrefy
- rape
- ravage
- ravish
- rebut
- reduce
- refute
- relegate
- render worthless
- reproach
- revile
- ridicule
- roast
- roll back
- rot
- ruin
- rule out
- run down
- scoff
- scorn
- scuzz up
- seduce
- sell
- set back
- shame
- shave
- shoot down
- shrink
- sink
- slack up
- slacken
- slam
- slander
- slight
- slow down
- smear
- smudge
- sneer
- snub
- soft-pedal
- soil
- spatter
- spike
- spoil
- spot
- square
- stain
- step on one's toes
- stoop
- subdue
- suborn
- subvert
- succumb
- sully
- taint
- take down
- take down a peg
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- tame
- taper
- taper off
- tar
- tarnish
- taunt
- tear down
- tease
- thin
- transfuse
- trash
- truncate
- underestimate
- undermine
- undervalue
- vex
- violate
- vitiate
- warp
- waste
- water down
- weaken
- wind down
- write off
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