Antonyms for demean

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-meen

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmin

Definition of demean

Origin : "lower in dignity," c.1600, perhaps from de- "down" + mean (adj.) and modeled on debase. Indistinguishable in some uses from obsolete demean (see demeanor) which influenced it and may be its true source. Related: Demeaned; demeaning.

verb humble, humiliate

Example sentences :

Did she not break into lamentation and woe that a brother should so demean himself?
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

One who has reached my years, and who has a name for wisdom, ought not to demean himself.
Extract from : « Apology » by Plato

Of course he was not going to demean himself by talking to "that atheist's daughter."
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

She had been well tutored on every point, what to say and how to demean herself.
Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby

For all I've had to demean myself to wait on sich as you, I'm a Christian!
Extract from : « A Sheaf of Corn » by Mary E. Mann

I never could demean myself to be just an every-day creature like that!
Extract from : « Out in the Forty-Five » by Emily Sarah Holt

The old squire did not demean himself by a single outcry of pain.
Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Maurus Jkai

Besides, she lays traps to demean me; set me to work like a clerk!
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"So also do I purpose to demean myself," said Edwald, with a friendly smile.
Extract from : « Aslauga's Knight » by Fredrich de la Motte-Fouque

For his sake so demean thyself that all that he hath done will be condoned.
Extract from : « In Doublet and Hose » by Lucy Foster Madison

Synonyms for demean

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