Antonyms for declass
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dee-klas, -klahs |
| Phonetic Transcription : diˈklæs, -ˈklɑs |
- admire
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- attach
- build up
- cause
- cherish
- commend
- compliment
- develop
- elevate
- encourage
- endorse
- enhance
- enlarge
- exalt
- expand
- extend
- fasten
- fix
- flatter
- grow
- help
- hide
- hold
- honor
- improve
- increase
- invigorate
- join
- keep
- keep quiet
- laud
- mend
- obey
- overrate
- overvalue
- praise
- promote
- prove
- purify
- put together
- raise
- rate
- rise
- secret
- secure
- stabilize
- stay
- strengthen
- support
- upgrade
- wait
- win
Definition of declass
- As in reduce : verb humble, humiliate
- As in break : verb weaken, cause instability
- As in degrade : verb shame, humiliate
- As in demote : verb downgrade, lower in rank
- As in downgrade : verb lower in opinion or rank
- In 1905 Declass had had to go because the German Emperor wished it.
- Extract from : « My Memoirs » by Marguerite Steinheil
- A man, a suspicious character, a declass, hears or discovers that there are important political documents in my house.
- Extract from : « My Memoirs » by Marguerite Steinheil
Synonyms for declass
- abase
- bankrupt
- belittle
- bemean
- bench
- break
- bring low
- bump
- bust
- canker
- cast down
- cheapen
- confound
- confute
- controvert
- corrupt
- cow
- cripple
- cut down to size
- debase
- debauch
- declass
- decrease
- decry
- degenerate
- degrade
- demean
- demerit
- demoralize
- demote
- denigrate
- depose
- deprave
- depreciate
- derogate
- deteriorate
- detract
- detract from
- devalorize
- devalue
- diminish
- disbar
- disconfirm
- discredit
- disgrace
- disgrade
- dishonor
- dismiss
- disparage
- dispirit
- disprove
- disrate
- downgrade
- enervate
- enfeeble
- hold back
- humble
- humiliate
- impair
- impoverish
- incapacitate
- injure
- kick downstairs
- lessen
- lower
- mark down
- minimize
- mudsling
- pan
- pauperize
- pervert
- put down
- rebut
- reduce
- refute
- relegate
- ruin
- rule out
- run down
- set back
- shoot down
- sink
- slam
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- tame
- tear down
- undermine
- undervalue
- vitiate
- weaken
- write off
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