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
- 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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